When is a Stain NOT a Frickin' Stain????

[JollyElm]

Just like the Clemente, it's impossible to know whether the supposed gunk on this card is gum/wax residue or a 'printer smudge,' but it's something in the same vein...

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To 'connect' to the Clemente, it would be better if the anomaly appeared on the left side, but it's also possible that whatever caused the Roberto smudge also separately caused this Zoilo smudge (if it is, in fact, a smudge, and not gum/wax) at a different (non-connected) time?

[jchcollins]

I would agree with those who have said that true wax stains are far easier to remove than gum stains. Whichever you have there Jolly, I would agree it looks typical. Sometimes my pantyhose (I just use a clean sock from my own drawer most of the time, instead of going on an actual panty hose raid in my wife's drawer...) scrubbing efforts get rid of them completely, sometimes it does next to no good at all.

If you have stuff actually under the gloss there I will agree that is odd. Strange to me how even SGC who actually knows halfway what they are doing can give a card like that a 6.5, yet if it were centered a hair worse they probably would have given it a straight 5...

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Just like the Clemente, it's impossible to know whether the supposed gunk on this card is gum/wax residue or a 'printer smudge,' but it's something in the same vein...

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To 'connect' to the Clemente, it would be better if the anomaly appeared on the left side, but it's also possible that whatever caused the Roberto smudge also separately caused this Zoilo smudge (if it is, in fact, a smudge, and not gum/wax) at a different (non-connected) time?

Darren,

That is just Zolio's 5 o'clock shadow spreading to the edges of the card.

[JollyElm]

More (gum?) to chew on: Well, this throws a spanner in the works (wait, when did I become a Brit?). The former MVP Versalles card can often be found with gum/wax residue splashed across his face, so the first pic could simply be some of that gunk, rather than the production smudge we seek. The waters become murkier...


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