T213 soaking

[JollyRoger]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Looks nice, but is the glossy surface still intact on front?

The soaking does not appear to have affected the glossy front. I only let it soak for a couple hours though. I usually soak overnight, but as soon as the excess paper floated off, I removed the card from the water. I was concerned about the gloss, I've heard stories about gloss on cards not holding up very well when soaking. I know it did not improve the card's technical grade, but it looks a lot better now!

[irv]

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

The soaking does not appear to have affected the glossy front. I only let it soak for a couple hours though. I usually soak overnight, but as soon as the excess paper floated off, I removed the card from the water. I was concerned about the gloss, I've heard stories about gloss on cards not holding up very well when soaking. I know it did not improve the card's technical grade, but it looks a lot better now!

I have briefly read about soaking cards on here but I don't recall reading where it took a couple hours, let alone overnight?

I thought it would take 15 minutes, maybe a half hour tops, but I guess that all depends on the glue used prior?

When you say overnight, I have a hard time understanding that the card wouldn't be completely saturated and most likely destroyed?

I will say, you guys are braver than me as I have no plans, not that my cards need them anyways, to ever soak cards.

[JollyRoger]

Originally Posted by irv

When you say overnight, I have a hard time understanding that the card wouldn't be completely saturated and most likely destroyed?

Had to let this one soak overnight. That junk was really stuck on there. Card was fine afterward. Cleaned up the front really well too. This was a few years ago and I seem to have lost the front pics.

[irv]

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

Had to let this one soak overnight. That junk was really stuck on there. Card was fine afterward. Cleaned up the front really well too. This was a few years ago and I seem to have lost the front pics.

I never would have guessed that. Figured they would be a sloppy saturated mess and nearly impossible to pick up/retrieve from the water bowl?

When you say "cleaned up the front" I assume, by just soaking them, that it dissolved some dirt/crud and literally just washed it away or did you wipe/wash them?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

Had to let this one soak overnight. That junk was really stuck on there. Card was fine afterward. Cleaned up the front really well too. This was a few years ago and I seem to have lost the front pics.

I have had similar success on many different cards. Thanks for sharing ....