Wow, thanks.. I appreciate the kind words!

I plan to, thanks!

Sorry for the delay, these are very time consuming and difficult to make

Thanks for the kind words. These vidoes are so tough to make. I spent twice as much time filming and editing as it took to CPR the book! lol

Thank you! Cheers!

Awesome, thank you!

Yeah I guess it could have been worse lol

or maybe Thrue Dan's rektum? Rektum? Damn near killed em. LOL

It's rare to go more than 5, but some books it's safer to press and press and press rather than using a tack iron/ball bearing

Thanks! I hadn't heard of that book, very cool stuff

@@ImproveCollectingComics I think it was the thumbnail of the back that threw me off. Either that or my desktop buffered to where you had flipped it over.

I also have an 8.0 ASM129 that was graded several years ago and was not cleaned and pressed. Someday I will crack it,clean it, and press it. But only after I have lots of practice on non grail books. Good luck to you on yours.

Send it to a presser but be careful lots of hacks out there. The 2 I say are magic pressing and Avery pressing. I’ve used both and great. Avery takes longer as he has a huge client list so I use magic now and it’s been great. I just got back a 9.8 superboy 9 DC Universe logo I had as a 9.4 but he got me a 9.8

@@Caseshells123 Thanks for the information. It's good to know about reliable pressers.

They seem to be 100% out of stock :(

Aw geez.. been there done that, it sucks

A CPR timeframe can vary wildly, one like this is probably 4-6 actual man hours

Yes, I let books sit there overnight, sometimes longer

No matter the placement of the staples, I find the full board just won't sit as snug as I need it to

@@ImproveCollectingComics Gotcha. Will give the short board another try for comparison. Thanks.

Yes! I've been seeing this, crazy! I have a bunch of books coming back soon, I'll do a video if they are warped. Fingers crossed they aren't

@@ImproveCollectingComics It has me second guessing sending more in. Had to send 3 books back. Hoping they do the right thing and fix them.

I think it gets 9.6 maybe 15% of the time. The owner didn't want to resubmit though

I don't do it as a business, but I'd have to charge something like $1,000 just to make enough to money for it to be worthwhile. I doublt anyone would pay that unless it's a grail

It changes and I am still experimenting. Lately, it's 1 sheet of 65lb cardstock under each cover, and the magazine board in the center. That's it.

Usually just the covers

I am not sure on the number, it isn't 20.. I was exagerating, although that would be fine. Probably 12 if I had to guess?

It's possible, although 10 is probably more accurate. The point is that pressing (correctly) is the safest way to repair a comic.

Agree.. it comes off very easily

Oh come on. Lol

Yah, I use a magazine backboard and on the area I'm not working on so that my arm won't be on the book. The gloves are a good thing. I usually have gloves on myself. Sweat will not overflow out of the glove. 😂

With the success we've all seen Jim have, I feel we can safely say, he knows what he's doing.

How is your back sitting in that chair giving advice. You make an awesome Monday morning QB

@@stonyonekenobi exactly. He's mentioning sweat in gloves. He probably is one of those guys that sweats profusely just walking to the mailbox and thinks everyone is like him. Lol. The gloves jim uses are surgical nitrile gloves. They are perfect because he can easily flip through the book and it's protected. Jim has a great track record with pressing so not sure why this guy thinks he knows better.

Strange that you say that, because I handle books infinitely more carefully than 99% of people out there. It must be a trick of the camera.

@@ImproveCollectingComics If I go to my LCS and they hold the book on the spine with their thumbs, I tell tell them I’m grabbing a fresh one from the shelf without spine stress lmao. I’m sure you have leeway as you’re already pressing the book, it’s just my OCD that see’s everything.