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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

Jim,

It's as easy to make the case that brushing dust off a card is alteration as it is to make one that removing glue residue by soaking in water is alteration.

Sorry, it's just your subjective view on this matter. There are clearly a handful of other that share this view with you, but when the great majority all view it differently, well that different view starts to look objective.

Everyone differs in their opinion about this. I personally draw the line at water. Any chemicals that are used cross the line into alteration, but that's just my subjective opinion.

What about this scenario: Not all glues are soluble in water. If you soak a card in water and it still won't come off the paper so you tear it off, removing most of the back in the process, do you consider that alteration? Or is that just me being silly?

-Ryan