You bet!

we should form a club!

Thanks Mattie for your specific recipe. I hope it helps some people out there. I'll try it!

@@ImmaculateComics yeah Rick just to clarify, I use magazine backing boards on the top cover to complete the sandwich both on the front and back as well in the middle Staples section. I also slip in a sheet of cannon Photo Paper Plus on the inside of the front and back cover, I find going thin on the inside of the cover usually can pull out some of these ticks better than a thicker board, and there's just something really unique about using a high-quality photo paper on the inside covers.

Thanks for reaching out, I really appreciate your comments and sharing your experience. Reversion is a real thing and ambient RH is too!

I used to deliver new maple kitchen tables in Alberta which is dry. The tables were made in Quebec much more humid. They were solid wood pieces and glued to each other so a 100% of them after time in a customer's home would have to be picked up and sanded down flat again as they would warp and come unglued due to the change in climate so your assessment may very well be correct. So you have to humidify where your comics are stored maybe? But then do you get a problem of mold?

Thanks for the info and the support, I really appreciate it!

Hi Mark, it appears a low pressure cold press may help to prevent reversion. but many people don't have capacity to leave the books in their press for a long time!

Glad to hear it, I appreciate the kind words

Which alloy is that? Did you record the the specific heat capacity or thermal conductivity of it? Also, what is 'deformation' and how do you measure it? "Perfect" is a hard place to get to and usually takes a lot of work and data so I am eager to learn how you got there. Tell all. inquiring minds want to know!

@@ImmaculateComics perfect is hyperbole. Deformation is how plate warps when heated. Plate never has even heat distribution and found some thinner steel plates can warp with edges cooler than center. Also known as elasticity

@@MT-ub8qg I see, thanks. I work in the metals industry in oil and gas and automotive so we use different terms and it's good to get centered with observations of others. I have a tool called an Instron extensometer and other various fatigue and pressure plate tools. I've measured hundreds (and possibly thousands) of materials and test samples over the years for the elastic modulus and young's modulus at different temperatures and when vibrated. So when someone tells me they've found a new "perfect" material my ears perk up and I get excited to water-jet a cut a piece of it for testing!! Forgive my over-eagerness to learn more!

@@ImmaculateComics Deformation specifically comes from structural steel in buildings. How a structural member "deforms" under the stresses of force or temperature. Ex many I beam connections allow for movement due to expansion and contraction from temperature swings or wind loads causing building movement. also how an I-beam may sag under too much shear force or integrity reaction to a fire in the building....

You and me both!

This sounds ideal really and I admire your perseverance. One book appears to get a longer dwell time than the other. do you notice any differences over many books? I find that a long cold press under lower press helps to prevent wavies and reversion, even thought its counterintuitive. I don't have hard data on that, its just a pragmatic observation so far.

@@ImmaculateComics Havent really noticed any differences between books. That amount of time left in the press I think is overkill as Ive taken some out at 5hrs on my days off and saw really no difference between longer times. Just how they fall on my work days. Otherwise, pull them out, lay them on the work surface to check and make sure they lay flat and then bag/board them. Daredevil 131 was the only book out of about 30 or so to give me problems. One corner of the cover kept lifting regardless of what I did even with the water trick I believe I saw in one of your videos. In the end I ended up just carefully manually rolling it back in the opposite direction until flat and then just used one of your cold press boards on it for a few days. I have a stack that Im eventually sending out and will pull them out to give them a once over before departure and will see if anything came back or not. Especially on the pesky daredevil.

actually for that particular affliction you will probably need to wash it away. I am working on commercializing my comic book washer now!

I sometimes use two boards and lower the pressure a bit but only if the back cover is dark in color or has a lot of spine tics

Am I secretly an AIM agent? No, of course not! I do recommend cold pressing with chamfered boards in place.... unless you are low on chamfered boards and need it to do more hot pressing!

Yeah you really want to balance heat of conductivity with specific hear capacity too. Also you don't want it to oxidize at high temperature as copper will. I choose aluminum as a good balance although it scratches and mars easily.

Cold press hasn’t been studying Ed as well as hot press but the more hot press you do the less cold press you require. I do 2.5 hrs hot and 12 hours cold

no not really it just depends on the book. for example. I never use them on squarebound books.

I make and sell them in my store immaculatecomics.com

Hi Larry, I have a video on materials selection. 316 SS has a lot of structural advantages over Al but Al has a higher specific heat capacity and a higher thermal conductivity than steel per the same mass. Al does scratch easier, however. Of course if you buy enough of a mass of steel it will have a higher heat capacity. If you were to buy very thick steel it would work well, but you’d also need to get it laser cut and polished and have the edges deburred. All of which is more expensive on that material. I actually have some steel plates too, bath prefer my Aluminum ones because they are easier to work with and because I can repolish them easily if they get a scratch or dent!

@@ImmaculateComics why worry if the plate is scratched or dented, since its not in direct contact with the comic book ?

@@berardoferrari Its a good question and it doesn't matter to me at all. However this group of hobbyists can include some people who are exceptionally sensitive to appearance over function. I have more than one person who is worried about this any ink or stickers on an Aluminum pressing board making it thicker in one area over another. Makes no sense to me but since the question is asked, I answer it.

@@ImmaculateComics thank you sir.