We had a poll on here a few years ago. Most of Net54 did not consider soaking a T206 to remove glue/gunk, or using an art eraser to erase pencil marks, was an impermissible alteration. I have done both, and SGC has graded both. My experience has been that if SGC notices the markings, they deduct for it; if they don't, they don't.
What crossed the line to impermissible for most of this board was anything that altered the cardboard itself to improve its condition, including the usual suspects of trimming, and pressing creases.
The stuff that hurts your head as a collector just trying to do the right thing is the soaking to remove glue and then drying the card by pressing it, which is permissible, but that incidentally flattens a wrinkle or a crease. We must have had a 10-page debate on here about the morals of that!
Last edited by T206Collector; 08-24-2013 at 04:37 PM.
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