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Posted By: David

There's an expert on this who wrote a little blurb for the newsletter a few monthes back. I will pass on his address if I can find it.

I've lightly 'boiled' some cards before with some success. Most were cheap and trimmed non-sport trade cards, so it would be no great loss if I ended up with trade card soup (ketchup covers up the taste of anything). The technique worked well for me, though it lightly warped some cards. This was probably due to both my ineptitude and that most trade cards are on thin cardboard.

I also tried it on three baseball trade card proofs, which otherwise graded about very good. It removed the heavy paper fine, but again caused some warping. I don't know the thickness of the Mayos, but if they're thicker this may not be a problem.