All of your videos are so helpful and insightful. I learned so much about pressing a comic in less than 30 minutes. Almost feel like an expert..lol. You are a very smart businessman my friend. Binging all of your videos 🙌🏼

Excellent tip on stacking the backing boards to gauge thickness of a square bound book! Thats something I would not have thought of, and another reason I enjoy watching your channel and taking advantage of your knowledge! Thank you Regie!

These are really great, enjoyed the whole series, and you dealt with it thoroughly and eloquently!

Thank you for this. Just tried pressing for the first time. Messed up some dollar books. Think my press was too tight. Going to try again, was very cool and fun to try out.

thank you!

Awesome video again....Greatly appreciate you sharing your knowledge and opinion on pressing!

I was definitely thinking about hot or warm water Im glad you answered that question

Lika boss Regie! Another great post. Thanks!

I am VERY Impressed on your knowledge of pressing Square Bound and Spine support with the height and extra backing boards.. Very nice

Great video Mr. Regie.

This is good stuff! I’ve been thinking about pressing some of my comics! I practically have a large, new heat press machine that’s been chilling in my garage for years. I’ll be sure to check out your other videos on the subject to get more insights! 👍🏾😁

25:00 Lol, Regie's not a "No glove, no love" kind of guy. Good for you, man, the world needs more "hands on" kind of men like you. Not only that, but you've inspired me to be more hands on, I just ordered my Transfer Crafts press. It's true that I'm 100% Caucasian Canadian, but I'm certain you're my brother from another mother.

Thank you very much for the pressing videos. Pressing has always seemed like a daunting task but your explanation of the process makes it seem attainable. Nice work!

Another great video Regie! Can't wait to see your cleaning videos.

Regie a most excellent follow up to your pressing series! Great job!

Another excellent video Regie!

Another great video....keep it up man!

Thank you so much for these pressing videos! just tried your technique on Robin 0 -- waiting for result !

I have a tip I have never seen anyone mention before. "WARNING" I have only done this approximately on 500 ish comics now with AMAZING results. STRICTLY with comics that need front and back presses only, I'll use a spray bottle with distilled water. Now im sure your saying WHAT? YES, while the book is sitting in the press all setup and ready to go, right before I put the Teflon sheet on the cover or back Ill lightly MIST the book. Once the top or bottom is damp place the TEFLON on top and close your press. I use a timer of 10 minutes and that makes sure the comic is DRY. Now I only do this on books with heavy warping or creases. This SKIPS the water bath idea and greatly reduces the time needed for the book sit in moisture. Practice on a few 50 cent books and watch the magic happen. I did and now I greatly increase the speed in which I can get it pressed. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

Regie, love your content dude. You are very detailed and informative.

Thanks for these informative videos. I've recently gotten back into comics after a 20 yr break and tripped into this CGC rabbit hole. Time to warm up that press.

the information you give in your videos are so helpful!!! it seems like most others treat this info as a trade secret.

Great follow up to the pressing videos Regie. I like learning the different techniques people have for pressing. I just got a press a couple of weeks ago and have been having good success with pressing a handful of books so far. Still learning tho. Thanks for the awesome information. Keep it coming brother! 👊

Great information. As mentioned before though, pressing is not for me, I'll continue getting cgc to do mine 🙄 Thanks for sharing what you have learned 👍

Hey Regie, I used your exact set-up and steps with fantastic results! Also, used one sheet of Teflon instead of 2 to get out some relatively deep writing impressions on one pressing. And results were truly phenomenal Just wanted to say Thanks !!! ....Keep doing what your doing

Great video! That stacked backing board technique is smart! On the subject of distilled or plain water - I imagine maybe if you had particularly hard water (like where I live) you'd probably want to go for distilled to be safe.

Great Video 👌 I started to press comics a few weeks ago and your part 1-3 of pressing comics was a good guide how to start and what is needed. Now I was struggling with some problems (like the imprint of texture of the teflon sheet) and this Video will hopefully help me to get rid of all of my problems with pressing 😅 Thank you and greetings from Germany

Hi Regie, will you be doing any videos showing your processes for cleaning your books? or have I missed them. Keep up the great work

yea Teflon has bumps , I actually have followed ETAnicks way and very cheaply use regular copy paper .

I seriously wished for this video. Any comments of how tight crank the press?

Good idea to go with distilled water - there are plenty of minerals and chemicals in city water - sure the total might be 100-500 parts per million, but they're there and now they may be in your book. Try evaporating a cup of tap water and the remaining dust and crystals are those impurities. I used to run a company's wastewater treatment system.

CGC charges $8.00 a book and a minimum of 15 books have to be pressed per order. That comes out to be $120 per press. If you buy your own press ( On average $150- $200) your pay for the personal press with the money you save after around 30 pressed books ( which would cost you $240 from CGC). P.S I'm dying for that cleaning video!

The distilled vs. Tap... it REALLY depends on if you have hard water... it could hurt comics im sure of that much. However if you already use a filter and everything like that for your water, you should be fine.. SIDE NOTE! IF YOU HAVE HARD WATER! (you will know) don't chance it with buying a filter... just use distilled water.. not worth the of the hard water breaking through your filter and ruining your comics!

You didn't talk about water stains. I was hoping you would address that, but maybe in the cleaning videos.

Hi Regie thanks for all your pressing tips, after a month of testing & practice I seem to have the knack now! Quick question- how often do you change the distilled water in your moisture bath? 👍

Thank you so much for these tips they are very much appreciated, If I may give one type of feedback. If cleaning should be done before pressing, I think to talk about cleaning before talking about pressing would've been great (cart before the horse kinda thing). I understand you said you are testing a few things but your grades are coming back very good so your cleaning must be good ;)..... For myself right now I'd love to start pressing but since I know nothing about cleaning this info is a little premature? Again hope this isn't taken to be rude, because I am very very grateful for this info ;).

I use a TUSY press that I purchased on Amazon. Here is the link if interested. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L5WNTXZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Great stuff Regie! I am thinking hard about cleaning and pressing. I was wondering what make & model of press you use/recommend? Love your shows.

How do you set up the moisture bath exactly? I see that the plastic grating piece would go into some water but then do the comics go onto just a backing board on top of that?

We have some pretty hard water where I live, so I wonder if using distilled water would be more advantageous for me versus somewhere that has better water. But then again, maybe all the minerals would stay at the bottom rather than getting into the book. Who knows?

Just wondering I am new to this and found your videos very informative. Have you ever tried pressing comics that have a thicker card stock cover, or a foil cover like venom lethal protector 1 or embossed covers like fantastic 4 #371 and what were your results like if have? Thanks

The SRP paper from Uline is ridiculously expensive. It’s $118 shipped! Not sure why I was hearing $85 shipped. Man idk if I can pull the trigger on that...

I stumbled upon your channel yesterday for the first time. Great series for pressing comics. Just a suggestion for you about not wearing gloves, you are working with heating and reheating Teflon sheets. Be careful inhaling the particles and transferring particles to family or pets especially if they are pregnant or nursing. Be safe my friend. I added your channel to my subscriptions.

about distilled water, it comes from vapor, same vapor that s made in the chamber, so i think is no meaning to use distilled water for the umidity chamber

How much does a humidity bath (if at all) improve pressing a bronze age comic with creases on the cover?

Hi Regie. I used room temp distilled water but I did not get any condensation in my humidity chamber. Does this mean my chamber did not get humid enough? It seems like everyone else gets condensation even with room temp water.

Regie, do you use moisture for modern comics too?

Does CgC press comics before they grade them? Also would you recommend another pressing company?

I’m not sure if I missed it but I’m curious what psi you set the press at. I’m trying to not over press if I can help it. If you could give a good estimate that would be great.

Thanks Regie. Would you press a comic that has been signed? I have a few comics signed back in the day at the San Diego Comic-con (1984 or 1985). New Teen Titans #1 with George Perez and Marv Wolfman and a couple Secret Wars signed by him Shooter. So 80's Comics with ballpoint pen signatures, y'know, old-school-style :) I haven't pulled them out in a while and they might be on the covers or inside on the splash page or combo. How might that make a difference in deciding? On this subject, have you ever had a non-authenticated signature graded by any service? I know CBCS now authenticates non-verified signatures. Your thoughts, please? Thanks in advance!

Hey=, new to your channel, i wanted to ask you if its worth it for me to buy a pressing machine, if so which model would you recommend ?

Hello Regie. I've watched your pressing videos a few times. In the process of ordering my own press. I have a question about pressing. Can you safely press comics with signatures?

Yo can I just send my books to you? Haahaha jk man, ty for provided more information!

I wash my hands as well then I lay my book on a microfiber cloth.

Ok cool you are supporting Distilled water and YES!!! Why run the risk.. I can show first hand some books I ruined 1.5 yrs ago from using bottled water lol

Can you recommend a good press?

Watching the Video Regie.. Change the SRP (parchment paper) EVERY TIME bro.. Their is dirt build up on the first press, then Flaring (Warped is what you are calling it) on 2nd and 3rd.. SRP/Parchment SHOULD BE CHANGED EVERY TIME BROTHER.. LOL I do not like Teflon due to the chance of creating a mean ass Canvas's issue on wrap or inside book. If you go back to my first messages, I said that you will feel uncomfortable with SRP or more comfortable with Teflon.. Im just saying that why take a chance of putting a book into your cook and finding out that particular book is more sensitive than others then it catching a mean canvassing on the wrap and/or inside book.. Then you ended up having to trouble shoot or ruining the book/\.. Why take that chance? Also, DO NOT USE BOTTLED WATER (SPRING WATER) or Tap water only use DISTILLED Water.. I cannot stress this enough.. Distilled water is $0.95 for 1 gallon at your super market.. Also their is a sliding scale for the DIY humidity Chamber.. I.e 1 cup of distilled water is a 12 - 24 hours (depending on your climate and the room where comics are) 10 cubes of distilled water 1-2 hours etcetcetc.. It is all feel.. Thats why I say take a filler book from Square Bound Book, Stan Lee Tribute modern age marvel books, Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Copper Age, Multiple different modern age cheap books and practice practice practice.. That way you get a feel for your humidity bath, your cook (press degrees and timing) etc..

Hey Regie !!! some good points, also now we know what Happen to Your Hair - (Dryer). Ha! Also I always wash my hands before I handle my Comics, (Old or New).

You do not have to wear gloves, just make sure your finger nails are clean and wash your hands every 20 -30 minutes.. Nice

don't be lazy, show the process