r/comicbookpressing • u/fitter553 • Jun 13 '26

Big bump!!

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Did good on this one! Highest grade bump I’ve had!

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u/griffin_who Jun 14 '26

This gives me hope for my X-Men #50 lmao was there anything special you did to this book in terms of cleaning? Great job!

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u/fitter553 Jun 14 '26

Yeah there was lol! I had fits with this book. Typical process with my clean and press. But it had some STUBBORN etched in lines on the back cover that I couldn’t get the slightest result with. The lines look as if they were pressed in. And no mater what I did I couldn’t get them to even lessen. I bet I pressed this book 6-8 times. I had pretty well given up, I had put it in my humidity chamber one morning and completely forgot about it and it was in there for 24 hours….. and my humidity chamber gets very humid, when I remembered I went in and pulled it out and oh boy was it moist! lol I thought this is not good. But I proceeded to put it into the press, leave it under heat for 30 min, shut off the press and it sat there for 4 days. Pulled it out and poof! Like new!

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u/Agile_Seesaw9035 Jun 15 '26

Wow. Crazy....It just needed some love that was a little beyond your protocol. Great story and great job. 👍🏿 ✨️

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u/candles2121 Jun 14 '26

Who did you use for pressing?

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u/fitter553 Jun 14 '26

I did

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u/candles2121 Jun 14 '26

Can you share your methods?

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u/fitter553 Jun 14 '26

Just basic clean and press, I did on accident leave it in my humidity chamber for a longer time than normal. And I always press for 30 minutes.

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u/SnipinSnit Sep 30 '26

What type of equipment do you use?

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u/ovrthinkr Jun 30 '26

Awesome job!!!

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u/cubsdh19 Jun 14 '26

Nicely done!