Posted By:
Brad L."Nice to see significant support for the view that removing gum/wax/glue/tobacco stains is alteration"
I have to strongly disagree that removing a wax stain from the front of a card is alteration. These wax stains are generally very easy to remove with a women's stocking. And anytime I can use the words "remove" and "women's stocking" in the same sentence, makes for a good day, lol. All kidding aside, I don't see this practice in any way being a frowned upon alteration (ok, now splitting hairs on what exactly an "alteration" is in the first place). Especially since the wax was not originally intended to be part of the card. I know it's a fine line, but IMO, the wax technique above is equivelent to wiping dust off of a card with a dry paper towel.