A nice long soaking

[tbob]

I'm not a card soaker but have no problem with those who are. I tried a few T206s years ago with mixed results. The one card set I would caution fellow collectors to NOT SOAK is the E94 set. You are playing with fire.

[joeadcock]

Nice result David

[joeadcock]

This card was obtained 2009 B&L Auction. Had this George Washington paper afixed to the back. Decided to take a chance and soak it and see what happened.

Here is the result.

Does have small amt paper loss right lower corner(present before George was pasted on as nothing on the Washington I took off).

Used plain tap water, warm. Took only about 3 minutes for paper to come off.

[milkit1]

awesome! I got a FILTHY t202 cobb, do you think a t202 would soak properly?

T202 Cobb Moriarty.jpg

[rp12367]

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Originally Posted by milkit1

awesome! I got a FILTHY t202 cobb, do you think a t202 would soak properly?

I would use warm water and let it sit for an hr. Remove it and do again till the results are satisfactory. Maybe find a thin and tall unit to soak in and stand it on end?

[FrankWakefield]

While warm water loosens up dirt quicker, cool or room temperature water will fade the water soluble inks less quickly. I suggest using cold tap water, and if there's ink on the card from a pen or a stamp, watch it for a few minutes, to see if that ink starts dissolving or bleeding. And change the water more often.

I've not soaked a triple folder, but I think they would soak just fine. I've only owned one of those. If you have more than one, soak someone other than the Cobb, first, just to see how it goes. Seems to me that they're contemporary with T205's, 6's, and 7's, and from similar material, so they should soak just fine.

[Orions father]

First of all I must say I am not a fan of soaking. In my humble opinion, I feel it is an alteration. That being said I would like to share the following. The 1925 Exhibit card below was accidenately left out in the rain, along with other mail, for two days. After I discovered it total bloated and bendable, I figured the card was a total loss so I threw it on my dash board, still in the soft plastic holder. After another two days, it had dried out so I took it out of the sheet and put it on a shelf and forgot about it untill a couple days ago. Am amazed how the ink did not run after at least 3 days of being soaked, guess they dont make ink like they used to. After this experience, I could safely say 1925 Exhibits (and most other similar Exhibits) stand up very well to being soaked, even if your not trying.