A nice long soaking

I have just gotten a majority of my raw cards delivered to me finally. There are a few I want to soak and remove some paper from. I have bleach, oxy clean, and clean bottled water. A few are T205's, T206's, and the Koesters Brown card. I know not to submerge the Koesters and to just dab the card with clean water and a cloth to remove the backing but should I used anything else?? What's the collective opinion as far as the other cards??? Your experiences are welcome. Thanks in advance for the help

[vargha]

Simply using filtered or purified water works best. Warm is better than cold in my experience.

[Mikehealer]

Put the bleach back in the laundry room. All you need is a pan and some water.
And then some paper towels, heavy books and a flat smooth surface to dry.
And a little time.

[Republicaninmass]

make sure they are thoroughly dry or you have to start from square one

Okay for sure no chemicals. Check

After I get the card clean is it okay to place between a cloth napkin and apply pressure to allow it to dry?

[Bicem]

whoa, a Vargha sighting!

[DICKTOWLE]

Andrew, why don't you allow "Gone with the stain" to do the work- after all would I soak of the jackson card from the Edwards auction- no-my solvents will do that without harm to anything, as you know we have 17 years doing this business-- beside I can offer you a deal you can't refuse--

[53Browns]

Recently bought this card and love it but there is noticeable dirt on it. Any opinions, should I crack it out and have it cleaned? Who does that? I would be afraid to try it.

[terjung]

I thought I remembered reading that T227s were made with water soluable ink and that soaking them would be a no-no. I have never tried it, but that is stuck in my head for some reason.

[FrankWakefield]

My recollection is different. I think they soak just fine.

That card looks good to me. But I suspect the slabbers will reconsider those top corners, and their wrinkles; so that even if the dirt detaches after a soak, the grade might stay the same, or even go down. Possibly.

[autograf]

I've soaked TONS of cards.........but primarily to remove foreign objects. I've never seen a noticeable change in the coloring or dirtiness (is that a word?) of the card. I guess if you use something other than water or distilled water, you could see a difference and have some dirt removed buy my primary success has been in removing cards from albums. If they're nice when they went in, they'll usually come out nice. If they were crappy or dirty, they generally look like that after they come off the page. I've heard of people soaking in the Bestine solution but I've never tried that.............

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 53Browns

Recently bought this card and love it but there is noticeable dirt on it. Any opinions, should I crack it out and have it cleaned? Who does that? I would be afraid to try it.

Those look like stains more than dirt to me. I would leave it alone... It's a very nice looking card as is ..