Thanks, Taqi, I am glad to hear that's the case because they seem like a rehash of that same old stuff to me! However people continue to ask me for more of the same videos and rather than point them to an old one, I just keep making new ones. Its not much of an effort because I am doing the work anyway and I film most of it for my own records. I just have to edit and post a video. I have something like 225 videos of book cleanings in my archives that I've never posted, but most of them are very boring with no dialogue and crappy lighting. I think your observation is spot-on, every book presents its own challenge and learning as much as you can before diving in is very helpful!

My pleasure! I hope you find them useful.

I so glad. Thanks for the kind words, Steve!

Amen to that, my friend!

Thanks, that warms my heart!

DI water is more easily directed where you want it to go and also doesn't warm the book, which is counterproductive because it can make a book look more planar than it really will be.

Thanks Larry, it’s is a great tip From the voice of experience !!!

Also a sheet of 60-90lb card stock on both sides of the page with the sticker and it will not press through.

Well see this video, that's now I do it! I lower the pressure and temperature and lengthen the duration of the press as in this video. I also use a chamfered pressing board inside the front cover, above and below the book. Other place heavy paper on either side fo that page (see larry's comment below) and that works too!

Hi Bill, I don’t really track it closely but I know from Measurements it takes about 3 minutes for the book the preheat through the middle so I typically leave them in for about 4 minutesS

its definitely possible to leave them in, the book tends to look more "natural" if you removed them, however. :-)

getting books out of your hot press is the key ro productivity and they don't need to be there once they returned to ambient temperature.

@@ImmaculateComics thanks! People seem to swear on forums that the 60 second transfer from heat press to cold press is enough to kill tension and encourage reversion long term. Glad to hear that’s not your experience since I need to be more productive

@@toasty-toast That is definitely not my experience. I've pressed over 10,000 books and my experience says that is false.

pressure is a big one. I am in the early stages of developing a device to measure the pressure in a comic book press!

Honestly its been it and miss with me. If the tics aren't too deep I can get them out.

getting the entire book to the same temperature is important and that happens much faster if you preheat the bottom of the book, It also doesn't drive moisture and gases out the bottom of the book from the top.

@@ImmaculateComics thanks for the pro tip!

yeah I probably should throw those out but I was too lazy to cut some more for the sake of the video and it was only wrinkled outside the borders of the book so I knew it wouldn't make a difference

@@ImmaculateComics how many books can your thick sheets handle?

@@toasty-toast I’m. It really sure it depends on the use. Typically around 40 books

@@ImmaculateComics that's awesome. I have been using some silicon coated parchment (the cheapest on on Amazon.ca) but they get wrinkled and I throw them away after each press. Looking forward to trying your sheets!

About the hulk book!?

@@ImmaculateComics No ASM 129. I sent an email on your website.

@@carnivalhands2884 oh yeah I did get that and I replied. I’ll check my outbox if you check your spam!