You absolutely must do that!

great, Maybe I'll just order one sheet to be cut first and make about 50 of them!

HI Florian, You're right I think it can be surprisingly difficult to find especially "needy" books because either people don't bring them to an LCS int he first place or the LCS does buy them. Sometime you get lucky and they are int eh 25 cent bins but whats really needed are low grade copies of books that would be more valuable so you can get used to cleaning the same inks, paper, staples, etc

@@ImmaculateComics Go further than that, franchise the operation. Let us pay you $X amount to learn your tricks and you can make your money on locking us into exclusive supply of equipment, chemicals, supplies, etc.

@@binkysphinx I like your style Trent! One problem I have yet to solve is that training others has, so far, not gone as well as I would have hoped. I find that most people improve rapidly to a limited point. Afterwards, even with months of training and experience, they tend to improve only very very slowly and sometimes not at all. I don't know what the solution to that problem is, honestly. I'm trying to capture what I do in great detail to share it but somehow it doesn't transfer??? I just don't get it and it's frustrating as a teacher.

@@ImmaculateComics It definitely transfers, Rick, it's just a process, with definite plateaus to learning. The basics, such as dry cleaning, wet cleaning and pressing, form the foundation. Advancement requires tackling challenges like removing marker, water stains, foxing, spine rolls, rusty staples, etc., for which we definitely need books to practice on. I'm totally down for buying some (or learning how to create them), instead of using some of my own valuable books as pawns ;). An LCS only has so many of these books available. This area of expertise could certainly benefit from an actual course, with individual training modules.

@@edvegas1193 thanks for the inspiration, Ed!

Hi Jim, that's often the case with me too. I find that the first 80% of the ink is remove in the fist 20% of the time. Its a long haul after than and and I will often just give up!

You are definitely "good enough" IMHO!

Thanks for the kind words. I have started and stopped a foxing video so many times but I always appears it is going to be about 2 hours long. Its such a complicated and delicate process that I get distracted by other things and then stop to start again later. It is, however, on my list as always!

You're welcome!

Hi David and thanks for writing. I’ll offer you the same answer as I did previously. We do not control the shipping costs. They are calculated upon checkout by both USPS and UPS upon and they get that money directly. We actually lose money on shipping, particularly on chemicals which are difficult to pack and ship. You’ll have to redirect your question to the shipping services for an answer about shipping costs. Some of our shipping costs are free, some are $3.95, an some are of course higher. Particularly for larger or heavier items. Unfortunately not much has changed since the last time you asked about the shipping costs.

@@ImmaculateComics Thank you for your reply. I’m getting close to retirement and I’m trying to save as much money as I can. I just barely made it through covidI and I hope thought I might try to clean some of my old comics. Sorry I asked you about the shipping. I hope I didn’t insult you with the shipping question. I enjoy your videos and I am learning a lot. Thanks you for your help.

I appreciate all questions David, I just come off in a matter of fact time sometimes because Im a teacher and that’s just how I explain things. I don’t like shipping prices either but they aren’t one of the knobs I get to turn, unfortunately. Hang in there my friend

@@davidyoungblood7887 The default shipping cost is overnight. You have to change it. When I first made a purchase, the shipping was $55+, but then I noticed there are options.

Yes but be careful as that paper is much thinner

im not sure by my guess is that yes!

That Is a great idea, Ed. I think I may start doing that!

You have to be lucky and patient. Some ink comes off and others don’t. I often put solvent on it and the try to press is off by transferring to a sheet of paper

Hi Remz, Immacuclean is no good for about 50% of adhesives and not at all good for foxing. Try toluene or pet ether for the adhesive. Try peroxide on the foxing but be *very* careful as it will embrittle the paper

I use an X-ray , its very hard to tell optically!

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