Soaking ?

[Joshchisox08]

Can someone kindly explain to me a soaking process ? How and why it is done ? Does it ruin the value ? Is it undetectable by grading companies ? Is it even ethical ?

I was curious as I've seen a couple of times on this site that a t206 would be a good candidate for soaking which I presume would get glued paper off of the card no ? Yes ?

[Stonepony]

Josh this is a pretty frequent topic on this site. If you use the "search" feature you will find many threads ( including recent ones) that will answer all of your questions without having to wait for responses. There are many opinions and excellent advice and direction on those threads. Good luck!

[trdcrdkid]

#7 in this thread was my contribution to the topic:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=202980

[Joshchisox08]

Dave you appear to have that down to a science !

[glchen]

Out of curiosity, can you soak a newspaper clippings that are glued onto card stock such as a notebook? Or will the newspaper just melt away when you put it in water? I saw this recent listing for Rinkeydink Stamps: Link (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Rinkeydink-Stamps-Babe-Ruth-Rogers-Hornsby-Tris-Speaker-Baseball-Cards-/311322033450). However, Rinkeydink stamps are basically just newspaper clippings. I would have only put in a very low bid for this auction since I thought it'd be tough to remove the stamps from the notebook, other than just clipping the stamps off the notebook and keeping it glued on.

[drcy]

Old newspaper stock is brittle and thin. Much less chance it would work out well. Though I've never tried it.

[irishdenny]

I've had some success Periodically Spraying them with water & then Letting Gravity do it's work(Placing them upside down til the Article fell off)

What I mean by "Periodically"... Just keep repeating the process til the Article Falls Off! Really depends on what kind of glue & how heavy it was applied...
Little tugs along the way also might help!?

Good Luck & let us know how Ya make out...