Will you ever forgive me?

Wow that was one dirty, wrinkled book. Looks much better now. I always enjoy your cleaning and pressing videos.

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David! Hopefully when the remodel work is done I can get them out more regularly

I find these videos fascinating. Keep up the good work!

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir 🙏

Great job. Like you said you try and practice and learn from your mistakes. Keep up the great work!

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Most of pressing and cleaning is not difficult but it’s figuring out the little details

Nice work. That's a great book! BTW, someone pointed out to me on my channel that the cover is actually not boba fett but a Mandalorian named Fenn Shysa.. who knew?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Don’t know about the cover but the one wearing the armor in the story is Fenn Shysa

Impressive results, thanks for sharing your process! When you were treating the exterior cover in your light box, did you use anything under the book to support the spine? Or sheets of paper under the front and back covers to shield the interior pages from the peroxide spray?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I will usually support the spine simply with books underneath. As for it I use any kind of buffers; when I mist I do not but when there is an overlay I usually do. It’s not entirely necessary but helps protect you if you oversaturated the overlay

Always love your tips and trechniques videos boss. You have helped me progress ALOT on my Clean and Press journey. Thanks for all you do to help this community.

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for checking out the videos. Hope they at least show people what is possible with comics

Been watching your videos a lot. I really like the tutorials on cleaning. I am about to try it for myself. I don’t have a heat press but am going to try using an iron. Do you think it will work okay?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Technically yes but it is tricky. The heat and pressure is not evenly distributed which can cause problems. Best advice is start low on temp and practice on cheaper books.

i have switched to deionized water, don’t know if it’s going to make a difference but i figure why not go one step further and remove all minerals cause you never know how they might react with other chemicals over time. Great video, thanks for sharing.

@hobbyhero6973

8 ай бұрын

Thanks and appreciate the tip. I've seen a few people make the switch not seen much evidence one way or the other but it certainly doesn't hurt

Hi. Great content. I am curious how well the peroxide wet stacks work on golden, early silver age books with the matte type paper? Community, feel free to chime in. Thanks!!

@hobbyhero6973

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! The overlay works fine but the older the book the more risk you run as the covers tend to be more brittle so adding moisture and heat can cause breaks

@greenhorncomics

8 ай бұрын

@@hobbyhero6973 Roger that! Thanks for the reply. Cheers!

Sorry, if this was mentioned in a earlier video...when you place the HP sheet on the book, and then you press the book, do you cold press the book? or heat press the book? and for how long?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

It will rest without heat for a short amount of time then press with low heat. Time and temps will vary depending on the book tho.

Let’s do this!

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Let’s GOoo!

what surfactant are you using? Could you use the typical dilluted calcium hydroxide with a makeup pad to lift dirt and oily fingerprint stains off the white area?

@hobbyhero6973

4 ай бұрын

This one is a premixed one sold by Immaculate Comics called immacuclean.

Where can one buy Immacuclean, or better yet what are the components and amounts involved to make it? Thanks.

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Immaculate comics sells a concentrate that will probably last most people forever

You mention using a surfactant but I don’t see one in your list of supplies. What’s a safe one to use?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

I use a concentrate called Immacuclean from immaculate comics. Probably easier than researching best nonionic surfactants but you can try some others and may get better results.

How long did the cleaning take, before the pressing?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Well most of it’s in three times speed and think there was another dry clean that I didn’t include because who needs to see that a third time 😂

How do you best clean white spines that get that grime that only seems to be along the spine area? Is that a diluted peroxide solution?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Generally with an artist eraser. Sometimes if it is really grimy then I will use a mild surfactant. The hydrogen peroxide is really only for stain discoloration; it’s not for removing dirt.

@SuperMoleRetro

Жыл бұрын

@@hobbyhero6973 Thanks! Do you have an Amazon link for the surfactant you use? I got the earasers and heavy paper suggested to try your methods out, but have never used a surfactant.

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperMoleRetro I don’t. It’s sold by KZreadr Immaculate Comics. It’s a concentrate that you dilute. Definitely practice a lot before going to a bigger book. Moisture and friction are the two biggest causes of damage and the process combines both.

I recently came into a really nice silver age DC key (Strange Adventures 205) and it’s really high grade for how old it is but there is a date written (8/31) in pencil. Is there anything I can do to get rid of this? If I can get rid of that writing I’m sure the book would be like 8.5-9.0 range!

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

They don't usually subtract for dates written on old books. If it's pencil it can be removed but could remove the color underneath it as well so have to be careful

@irishdylan1993

Жыл бұрын

I checked it out again and it actually looks like pen. If it’s pen I’m just stuck with it aren’t I?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

@@irishdylan1993 yeah, removing pen destroys the paper. Will do more harm than good

What surfactant do u recommend using?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

The only one I’ve used is a concentrate called immacuclean

Looks like the back cover scrunch a little.

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Where are you looking at on the back cover?

What's the difference between peroxide with the blue light and peroxide with a press?

@hobbyhero6973

8 ай бұрын

Blue Light is lightening stains where the overlay is actually bonding with the stain to pull it out of the fibers

@JoeyRam.

8 ай бұрын

Ok, one more question: The recipe for the peroxide you are using is with same amount of water; Or 1/4 peroxide and 3/4 water?

@hobbyhero6973

8 ай бұрын

@@JoeyRam. just the 3% over the counter Hydrogen Peroxide

Why is it when i do this technique on books it leaves hydrogen marks that are visible under blacklight , inside the paper?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, that’s interesting as hydrogen peroxide shouldn’t show up on black light. Possibly transferring a contaminant from something. Shoot me a dm on your exact process may be able to troubleshoot it.

What is your surfactant made off???

@hobbyhero6973

8 ай бұрын

That I'm not sure. It is pre made

What is the surfactant?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

The surfactant I used was Immacuclean

Do you reattach covers to books?

@hobbyhero6973

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I do that as well

@gcxred4kat9

4 ай бұрын

@@hobbyhero6973 I don't expect you to give any trade secrets away, but assuming the only way a cover can come off is if it ripped at the staples, how would you repair that? Any videos showing that procedure? Do you risk getting purpled with that procedure?

@hobbyhero6973

4 ай бұрын

@@gcxred4kat9 archival tape and some pieces of comic cover when needed can be used to reattach a torn cover

How do you know Hydrogen Peroxide won't create longterm damage to a book?

@hobbyhero6973

Жыл бұрын

Anything you do to the book could cause long term damage to a book. Hydrogen peroxide at this dilution by itself is going to do little to nothing to the book. As with anything else there are risks which is why I would not recommend jumping right in to pressing and cleaning bigger books especially older ones.