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01-19-2016, 11:50 AM
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Of course not all "soaks" are totally successful. I'll share my most difficult soak ever, as I tried to rescue a 1971 Topps #156 Terry Bradshaw RC a couple years ago. This is the most expensive card in the '71 Topps football set, and "books" for $200 in NM shape.
Here's what I started with:   Terry gets "tossed" in the sink, hot water:  I had to break out a more "advanced" tool, a safety pin to get things going:  Post "soak" advanced tool still in use. But the back didn't clean up that well:   Terry is between the paper towels:  Terry joins his buddies:  Larry
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