Getting tiny pieces of scrap tobacco off a T205?

[obcbeatle]

Hello ... has anybody ever soaked a T205 (or T206) Polar Bear card ... to try to remove tiny pieces of scrap tobacco? These would be two very tiny pieces of scrap tobacco that you can see ... AND feel by touch. My understanding is Polar Bear was scrap tobacco (pieces of chewing tobacco?) that commonly stuck to the card and often caused staining (because perhaps the card was loose in the tobacco pouch itself?). I don't want to try to gently push the two pieces of tobacco off using a fingernail or any other device as I believe it would tear the paper off. Thus my curiosity about soaking it to see if the tobacco pieces come off on their own in the water ... or perhaps trying to nudge them off gently while the card is soaking? I thought maybe someone has already tried this before? The card is not a HOFER or anything like that. It is just a Fair condition card that I'd like to increase the eye appeal a little since the pieces of tobacco are ill placed. So no worries about damaging an expensive card. I've only soaked a few old cards ... to remove paper that was glued to the back (scrap book paper). Soaking those worked very well. Thanks in advance! Jerry.