Hey, pennant guys

[Fballguy]

Pennant: Chicago Bears

Era: Mid 60's

Issue: Substantial staining and discoloration throughout

Material: Soft felt

Result: Cleaned up perfectly. All discoloration gone. Very white. No change to material or silk screening.

Grade: A

[Fballguy]

Pennant: Tittle Giants #1

Era: Early 60's

Issue: Significant staining and discoloration throughout.

Material: Wool material similar but different than first two pennants.

Result: Significant improvement but a couple stains remained. Red paint ran considerably but was manageable. Slight fading to red lettering. A few random loose threads emerged along the edges which I snipped with no lasting damage.

Grade: B+

[Fballguy]

Pennant: Washington Redskins

Era: 1970's

Issue: discoloration from age

Material: Stiff felt

Result: massive color running. Damage to material. Modest whitening which improved slightly over days. Pennant trashed.

Grade: F

[Fballguy]

Pennant: AFL Jets

Era: Mid 60's

Issue: Significant discoloration from age. A couple small stains.

Material: Soft felt

Result: Very white. Stains gone. No change to silk screening. Material feels slightly different. Maybe thinner.

Grade: B

[Fballguy]

Pennant: Tittle Giants #2

Era: Early 60's

Issue: Significant discoloration

Material: Same as first Giants pennant

Result: Same as first Giants pennant. Much whiter with a few loose threads and red paint bleeding.

Grade: B+

[perezfan]

Some very nice results on those last ones. Funny how the red paint reacts differently from the blue. Who'd have guessed?

Regarding that Jets/Namath pennant... one of my very favorites from that era. Hopefully the spine cleans up well, as it's otherwise in great shape. I would definitely try that one next, and only attempt the "spine transplant" if it bombs.

Fingers crossed for you... please be sure to keep posting your results!

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Some very nice results on those last ones. Funny how the red paint reacts differently from the blue. Who'd have guessed?

Yeah...No issue whatsoever to the blue. Holds up fine. Same with the black on the Browns pennant. The blue and orange of the Bears held up fine too. So far only red has run. Overall...Aside from the Redskins, very pleased with the "after" version of each pennant.