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Kevin Saucier<has anyone here ever actually seen or done it? I hear a lot about it but it seems to me to be science-fiction. I would think that to get the card wet enough and malleable enough to cause it to move enough to make the process worthwhile would wreck the image. So my question is whether any of you have actual firsthand knowledge of this technique.>
Yes, I have tried it many times, using several different methods, on several different cards. Never had one stretch even a fraction of a millimeter nor have I ever heard of it being done successfully. According to one well known-grader and as expected, it is just another (there are a few) hobby urban legend...but who knows. Of course there will always be someone who knows someone who has done it.
Regardless, in the end, a trimmed card will still look trimmed when examined closely.
Kevin Saucier