A nice long soaking

[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.............

[53Browns]

Thanks very much for the input fellas, I think I will leave the card as is.

[glchen]

How about this card here? Can I clean the dirt off if I crack and soak for a couple of days?

[Tcards-Please]

But dirt appears to be the least of the concern

In my opinion, I would leave it as is.

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Frank

Originally Posted by glchen

How about this card here? Can I clean the dirt off if I crack and soak for a couple of days?

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by glchen

How about this card here? Can I clean the dirt off if I crack and soak for a couple of days?

looks like an accident waiting to happen. Leave it in the holder or it will fall apart with a stiff breeze!

I'd be afraid to soak that card for fear of doing more damage.

[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 ..