Has anyone ever soaked a Baseball Magazine Premium

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I have a couple of supplements that I would like to remove from the backing, but the whole concept of submerging them in water scares me. That having been said, I also feel like the heat from an iron couple help to make them more brittle, although it didn't seem to have that effect on the one I removed the other day.

Doug

I appreciate the idea - I'll let you know what happens.

[FrankWakefield]

Doug, try soaking a beater if you have one.

The first card I soaked was a T206. I did it after being assured, for a couple of years or so as I recall, that it would be ok. The gentleman had told me about soaking scrapbook sheets in a bathtub overnight, with no problems. When I finally decided to try it, I didn't soak the card that had paper stuck on the back, I soaked a beater T206 to see what happened. It sat in the water fine, came out fine, dried well... everything was great. So then I tried the card that had the extra stuff pasted to its backside. That went well, too. Point is to soak something you could live with losing to get over the anxiety of it.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Doug, try soaking a beater if you have one ... Point is to soak something you could live with losing to get over the anxiety of it.

That's a very good idea that I should have thought of. I have a couple duplicate Police Gazette supplements that are stuck to things that I can experiment with.

Doug

[Runscott]

Job done on the National Copper Plate supplement. The semi-glossy surface made this very easy - very similar to just soaking a T206, but even easier.

The glue was not the simple stuff where the unwanted paper slips right off, but it wasn't the impossible stuff either - it required gently tugging and scraping. Glue had been applied only along the left margin of the Sporting Life newspaper photo, about 1/2"- 3/4", very heavily. I started by dipping that part of the supplement in a tray of water, but eventually just fully submerged the entire thing and let it soak. There was a tough area where the glue didn't want to let go - I lost two small spots of the black border lines.

The EASY part was drying it. The soaking even took several creases out. I kept blotting with typing paper until it was completely dry and flat - there was no warping at all. I then put it in a large piece of blotting paper and weighted it down under some books for about 2 hours. Job done. Just the two small bits of paper loss, a touch of glue residue, and some minor staining where the newspaper picture had been.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[doug.goodman]

Congrats, Scott

[Runscott]

Thanks Doug. The key was the semi-glossy surface. I think most supplements would have warped.