Bill... first, make sure the card you're soaking will soak. T206s soak well, start with one of those. The cheapest worst one is the one to start with... it matters only because you'll worry less.
Room temperature water is less likely to partially dissolve some foreign ink and cause it to bleed. If there are no foreign marks on the card, then warm water is ok... You can soak the card overnight. If it's your first try, you'll want to pull the card out after a few minutes, watching it all the while. Eventually you'll be ok with soaking half a day to a day or so. And the 'rinsing' is good. If the water looks dirty from tobacco or dirt, I change to clean water and soak a while longer...
Once you've soaked a dirty, trimmed, beater of a T206, then you'll be comfortable soaking a HOFer.
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