soaking "R" type premiums??

[buckyball1]

Hi--anyone with experience trying to soak "R" thin stock premium type "cards"?

Specifically, these are R303As with what is probably paste/30s glue? and scrapbook residue on back four corners. The cards are low value, lowish grade and have enough creases and small tears that i doubt anyone would ever try to grade them..... hopefully we can leave the debate on ethics of soaking for another time. If you rather PM me, that's fine

The paper stock is far from pristine, but neither is it at the falling apart stage from exposure to UV rays. I'd like to try to clean them up a bit for my viewing pleasure. If you think it may work, full immersion or drip and scrape?

many thanks
jim frey

[Leon]

I haven't tried a full body soak of an R card . That being said I have always used warm water and a Q-tip to get off paste remnants, from almost any surface, and as long as I don't rub it too hard, or for too long, have always had good luck. This is what I would try first anyway. There is almost no liability in damaging the card imo...just do it lightly and be patient (not like I did a few times, where the freaking paper comes off). Good luck

[Chris Counts]

I once submerged a few 1941 Play Balls in water that were glued in a scrapbook and they came out very nice ...

[irishdenny]

Distilled water is my preferred liquid... Nothing but water iN the water!