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View Poll Results: Am I unethical if I? SEE THREAD FOR COMPLETE QUESTION | |||
Bend corners back | 29 | 19.46% | |
Rub off wax with panty hose | 17 | 11.41% | |
Erase pencil marks | 51 | 34.23% | |
Soak cards to remove glue, dirt or stains | 42 | 28.19% | |
Use acetone to remove ink or grime | 96 | 64.43% | |
Use other chemicals to clean and/or brighten card | 110 | 73.83% | |
Fix creases and/or pinholes with Kurt's magic spray | 118 | 79.19% | |
Use a black marker on the corners of my 1971 Topps | 138 | 92.62% | |
Trim off the fuzzy edges of the card | 122 | 81.88% | |
BONUS: Am I unethical if I submit my work to PSA and they grade it | 77 | 51.68% | |
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I'll skip right past the burgeoning 'Snowman-Gate' (But remember when Leon put that over-the-top annoyance, Adrian, on a daily maximum post limit years ago and the site improved immeasurably overnight? Asking for a friend.), however I want to add to the 'whys' of improving cards.
Besides the two extremes (OCD and profiteering) that are the focus of most discussions (uh oh, I didn't read every thread to make sure those two topics do, in fact, make up at least 51% - or, more specifically, 50% plus a single additional mention - of the chats, so I may be in trouble with a certain data scientist), there is also the much less 'calculated' desire of just making your cards look better, because it does your heart good. Mending a minorly bent corner, removing a stain or gunk and flattening a 'bubbly' surface are all things I've personally done to my own cards, and I think they're reasonable acts to make a card return to its proper glory. Trimming, recoloring and all of those fraudulent things are anathema to me, and are a completely different ball of wax, but I get excited if I'm able to slightly 'correct' one of my cards through far less than drastic means...and it simply makes me happy, and I do this .
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