Posted By:
Frank WakefieldI've not soaked a Playball. Find someone who has.
Or, find an old raggedy Playball and put him in a glass of water. Wait a few hours. Blot him with a dishcloth. Then with paper towels. Then I'd let him lay loose until almost dry, then maybe blot him between copy paper and books... If the raggedy Playball separates, don't soak the Reese.
If it doesn't separate, you can soak him. I suspect if you do the eye dropper method it will take a long time, and you'll get water spots. If you soak him whole, no spots or water marks. I think distilled water is overkill, unless you have crap tap water.
Seriously, the old guys would buy scrapbooks of T206s, lay the pages in a bathtub and fill it with water. The cards would float off. Lots of those cards are in collections today. Realistically, most of the cards with good corners were saved by the scrapbook. The loose cards got the rounded corners.