Soaking - What exactly can be removed?

[rainier2004]

CJ are completely soakable, both 1914s and 1915s. At thh National I soaked about 6k worth of 1914s for an associate to remove the scrap paper they were attatched to and I have soaked a few of my 1915s for the same reason. They do well in boiling water, but I only let them soak for 5-10 minutes opposed to the 1956 topps I soaked for hours. The biggest risk with a CJ is creasing the card post-soak but there are ways around that as well.

[Bocabirdman]

A couple months ago, I successfully soaked a huge piece of scrapbook off of the back of a C-46 Imperial Billy Nattress. When the cardboard broke loose, there was still a bit of residue remaining. I broke out a Q-Tip and spurred on by the early positive results, I got a tad over-zealous and created a rare "missing three letters" variation. It only took one mis-directed swipe.....Oops!!

[Texxxx]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

A couple months ago, I successfully soaked a hude piece of scrapbook off of the back of a C-46 Imperial Billy Nattress. When the cardboard broke loose, there was still a bit of residue remaining. I broke out a Q-Tip and spurred on by the early positive results, I got a tad over-zealous and created a rare "missing three letters" variation. It only took one mis-directed swipe.....Oops!!

I soaked off a bunch of T206 out of a scrap book last year. I started with the beaters first and did the same thing with a couple of them. I changed to a cotton ball instead of a Q-Tip and had a lot better results. The cotton ball was more forgiving than the Q-Tip. I'm not a surgeon though. I'm more of hammer and chisel person.

[lharri3600]

Results to follow

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by lharri3600

Results to follow

hey that will be great to see! Thanks so much for making that effort.

[Runscott]

T205: It's been 8-10 years since I soaked one of these, but I don't remember any adverse effects to the front, but...the backs were a different story. I found that I had to be much more careful than with T206's - for the more difficult cases, bits of writing would come off almost as easily as the undesired stuff.

[atx840]

Video I made the first time I attempted this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QFe7T8zK8

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

I soaked off a bunch of T206 out of a scrap book last year. I started with the beaters first and did the same thing with a couple of them. I changed to a cotton ball instead of a Q-Tip and had a lot better results. The cotton ball was more forgiving than the Q-Tip. I'm not a surgeon though. I'm more of hammer and chisel person.

Another nice suggestion Bruce...

[lharri3600]

Here are 2 I soaked in water

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

They do well in boiling water, but I only let them soak for 5-10 minutes

Thats how long it takes for pasta to COOK -

[T206DK]

sometimes I use different sized artist brushes to gently remove debris from t206's while they are soaking.