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"Size absolutely matters." That's what she said.

Really great info here. The pressing process is so cool 😎! Thanks Chris!

This channel has the best, most diverse topics of all comic book tubers. Thank you once again Chris!

Man thanks very much for sharing your experience I just learned quite a bit from this video.

i know i am late to comment but great videos. I am currently in the market for a couple presses got part of my old collection to practice on and this helps a ton. keep the channel alive sir.

Very useful for someone like me, who’s looking to try and press my own books! Thank you! Subscribed!

Great info! Thanks for this video bro!

Great vid and info. Might start pressing

Excellent information. Thanks for posting. This is the last step for me as I've tried my hand at cleaning books with some very good results. I now need to invest in a press as the logical next step. I've got plenty of books that I can use until my technique gets up to the mark.

Thanks man. This info is really appreciated.

I appreciate this video! Thanks Chris!

Thanks for the video content brotha a lot of great tips for someone wanting to start pressing comics!

Thank you. Great info.

Bro this is incredibly helpful, thank you for all the info

Thanks for keeping it 💯🔥

Awesome video, thank you for making it

Great info🤌

Good looking out on sharing specs and the tribal knowledge on what to avoid doing!

Now I need to see a video on how you press your comics. Good stuff !

Good video

I LOVE seeing Flash books getting pressed!

jerno I cut a square out the size of the stamp and used enough paper to equal the thickness works great

Thanks for the video, I subscribed. Super helpful as a beginner. I would love a link to the type of press(s) you would recommend. I liked your example noting the difference between brand vs substance. I've been looking around a lot and there are so many options I don't want to make the wrong buy. Also if you happen to remember the dude where you got the Stainless sheet from would be awesome.

Thanks for the tips I'm doing all that with great success. My first submission with my own work is going out Tues video on my channel Chris! 👍

Need to get me a press.

That's so funny I started watching this as I'm setting up my 3rd Tusy. Hopefully it's as good as the 1st two. I've been getting amazing results but still learn something everytime I press a book. If you get a chance check out some of the recent results in my cgc unboxing in some of my videos. Absolute stunners on a lot with some that still make my head ache. Great advice for anyone looking to learn how to do this themselves.

I take my comics out after about three or four hours and transfer them to a cold press. By then there is no heat to worry about and you just need the comic to remain flat which a cold press will do . It also frees up my press for any other projects I may have. This way I am able to press 6 or 8 comics in a 12 hour period using a single 15x15 press.

I use 2 seal jumbo 160 Just remember two of the same presses can heat and apply pressure differently

Took your advice, got the 15 x 15

cool info! thanks again for the passing of knowledge and great content. Have you ever tried to press a signed book before? just wondering if that's a problem. Thanks again

Great info let me add some additional info. If you are dealing with metal plate, that requires a lot of machining to get a plate perfectly flat and believe me there are grades of flatness. From medical instrumentation flat to aerospace. Your information about presses is correct even though you may have been pressing for years machines do change, anything that has any sort of electronic or element will most likely not be made by the same manufacturer most of those part are subcontracted out to another manufacturer and not all parts are created equal. Anything that has an electronic part is made to a specific run of items. You can tell a manufacturer that you want a specific part built to certain tolerances and low and behold those dolts will find a way to rip you off on that part so they can make a million bucks and damn be the 60 people that are killed in the process.

Question about modern, thicker magazines (quarter inch and up, no staples). what would be the best way to ensure the spine isn’t crushed? Is a dry press (no heat at all) going to get rid of any creases at all?

What's the link or name of your specific press?

How do you press modern comics? Certainly no steam given the low quality paper.

Just wondering if you can reuse the teflon sheets or do you constantly need to replace those?

Love your videos. I do have one question. I have the exact same press as kaptain mike, it’s a clamshell. When I bring it down the back is always lower than the front. I’m afraid that I’m either going to crush the spine if I bring to low or the front of the book is just not going to get pressed. Any suggestions or do I have a defective press.

Hey Chris, loving your content. I am a small time collector & re-seller, thinking of sending a few of my favorite books to cgc for my pc. Probably just 4-5 books, cant really justify buying a press. Ive looked and no LCS in my community offers pressing services. Ive seen a few DIY videos of using an iron, but the thought of taking a household iron to my favorite books is terrifying. Worth the investment to get a press, or for just a few books should I just press them between encyclopedias and hope for the best?

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where did you got that stainless steel plate at thank

When doing a spine roll poster backer board works well to cover the whole book

thanks for the vid! just getting into pressing and is there a major difference between tshirt pressers and comic pressers? looking on ebay (australia) and only t shirt pressers come up. any suggestions?

how thick is the stainless steel piece and what are the measurements. I want to see if I can have a friend who is a machinist make one for me.

That was cool thank you. I have a question, which each of the sheets are best to protect any signatures on the cover of a comicbook, parchment paper or teflon paper? Thanks.

Hey Jerno. Just found you on here, and also saw that you have been away for awhile from videos, so I do not know if you will see this soon or not. I am looking for a little clarification, because I am looking at buying a Seal Commercial 210M Dry Mounting & Laminating Press 18.5X23”. The lowest heat setting on their gauge is 150 degrees (F). When I watched a couple of your videos on presses today, you said that pre-1975 comics would have a heat setting of 170 and modern would be set at 135 (with the caveat that every machine differs and that I would have to "learn" the exact best settings, heating times, & cold press times that were ideal for my individual machine). Were the 170 & 135 Fahrenheit or Celsius? If (F), then I guess that this (and many others I am looking at) would run too hot for modern comics. Would really be a shame.

Hey buddy, what exactly is the "heavyweight paper" that you use?

hi, what settings you use for low grade silver age books? how long you keep them pressed after heating?

Just to add something about fixing a spine roll. If you don't have a 15x15 press, you can also use a tacking iron. May take a little more time but it works, and it also work great on spine ticks or Dents. 👍

What's the point of the paper in the covers? Is it because they are a different material than the pages behind them?

what size is that press?

Folks use all kinds of stuff for humidification. I use a big honkin' mist machine 🤣 like the kind you get in the pharmacy department at Walmart or whatever. If I close the closet or bathroom door & crank it up, it fills the room with a light mist inside 10-15 minutes. Needless to say I like to open my books on a drying rack in the room with the mist machine & humidify them for about 10-15 minutes, flip them over, then let them go another 10-15 minutes. Then straight into the press they go! I layer different materials based on the sort of book it is but *generally* speaking I start with 2 thick magazine boards, then a layer of parchment paper, a regular comic board at the centerfold of the comic, then on the cover _another_ layer of parchment paper, a single magazine board, & finally a Teflon sheet. Temp for most books is 160° for 5-6 minutes, although for square-bound books I use 120° (but I also use different layering & "bracing" techniques on the outside to keep the spine straight). My pressing techniques are mostly just stolen ideas from Captain Myke but for cleaning I have some sort of weird occult/alchemy setup that... Honestly it looks like I'm the guy to go to for black market kidney sales or something 🤷 medical tools, cotton rolls, different chemicals & shit. I dunno, I'm still learning, but it definitely looks like something suspect is going on at my house 😆

J, could you press a book what’s already been signed?

The best presses are photo mount presses.

Do you have the seller that your 1/8 inch stainless steel plate on eBay by chance?

1 more suggestion on modern books Experiment by turning your humidifier on high heat and then use your press as a cold press I’ve had good results Just my two cents I’ll stop blowing up your comment section now

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The best tip that I have for oppressing books is leave it for a professional

Don't screw around with a cheap press. Spend good money and invest in a BIENFANG MASTERPIECE 210M or 160M.

I prefer aluminum myself. It heats faster and distributes heat better than steel. Trust the science check out immaculate comics. The dudes a scientist and does all kinds of efficiency tests.

I have never seen anyone press comics, why do you do this?

video is too long

Just watched the whole vid and you should really learn how to press before trying to teach people