Soak out Cigarette Smoke? (Or other tips?)

[Bliggity]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Dan- Your talking about cigarette smoke with raw cards 100 years old. Is it safe to assume their not gradable because of other issues that makes them only be raw? I'm not trying to be negative, sorry.....

It's a $30 card that would grade a 2. I like to keep my low-grade E cards raw in a binder, so I either buy them raw, or buy them graded and crack them out. I like the smell of the old cards, but this one just reeks, and I've never come across that before, so I was just looking to see if anyone had any suggestions about the smell. Obviously I could have it slabbed and keep the smell away, but there's no reason to do that. I'd just sell or trade it.

I didn't think it was a ridiculous question.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Bliggity

It's a $30 card that would grade a 2. I like to keep my low-grade E cards raw in a binder, so I either buy them raw, or buy them graded and crack them out. I like the smell of the old cards, but this one just reeks, and I've never come across that before, so I was just looking to see if anyone had any suggestions about the smell. Obviously I could have it slabbed and keep the smell away, but there's no reason to do that. I'd just sell or trade it.

I didn't think it was a ridiculous question.

Soaking will help get rid of the smell. Putting it in a cedar box or between 2 pieces of cedar will work also. The cedar takes a long time but works really well. A friend that owned a used book store used to do it to get the nasty smell out of old books.

[bbcard1]

Could just return it and find another.

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Bliggity

It's a $30 card that would grade a 2. I like to keep my low-grade E cards raw in a binder, so I either buy them raw, or buy them graded and crack them out. I like the smell of the old cards, but this one just reeks, and I've never come across that before, so I was just looking to see if anyone had any suggestions about the smell. Obviously I could have it slabbed and keep the smell away, but there's no reason to do that. I'd just sell or trade it.

I didn't think it was a ridiculous question.

Not a ridiculous question, but it's probably not worthy of the fuss. Is the juice worth the squeeze?

[Pat R]

Dan, There are a few suggestions in this thread.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=smoke

[Bliggity]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Dan, There are a few suggestions in this thread.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=smoke

Thanks Patrick! I tried to find an old thread before I posted, but not surprisingly, searching for "cigarette" on this board brought up almost every thread in existence.

Thanks also Todd & Ben for the good suggestions.