I’ve learned a lot watching your videos and your kit has helped me quite a bit. You’ve mentioned a stand-up desk in other videos which is a great idea. When I work on cards I work on a stone lazy Susan that I can rotate to work from different angles without picking up the cards over and over. It minimizes handling and the risk of dropping the card. I picked it up at Ross or Bealls for $25. Just wanted to throw that out there for the folks that watch your work. Thanks for the lessons.
That was my card! I sold the complete set of 1932 & 1933 Goudrey back in 1987 at a baseball card and coin show in Dearborn Michigan. All those cards were thrown in a pile in the attic and remained there for years. You did a good job on the card.
You have such a natural delicate touch and manner with cards.. you could buy a hundred of your kits, but you can’t buy that. You can tell this is your passion, and you’re an artist at what you do. I hope to get one of your kits soon, so i can start restoring my Pokemon cards, hopefully half as good as you
I seriously thank you for such a thoughtful message. As silly as it is.. yes I am very passionate about this and I enjoy it a lot. I’m thankful for TH-cam and Instagram and places like this where other people that find stuff like this interesting can connect. Thank you for watching and I appreciate the message. 🤙🏼 Kurt
Great result Kurt... Could you explain why you didn't give this one a full soak? What do you look for in the card that determines whether you go for a full soak or just surface dabs? Thanks!
Great question, I just wanna show a few options. This Card definitely could benefit from a full soak, but sometimes you only have a few issues, and I want to show you how to work on just a few verses all of them.
This was a great video. I am just curious. I've seen you do this method and I have also seen you soak your cards. What are some of the main factors in your decision to use slow moisture vs soaking?
Kurt would you ever do a 2nd treatment to see if the crease will fully go away? I mean it looks insanely good from where it was but a 2nd might get it all. Thanks!
That's a great question. The main reason is because it's just not enough. When you have a dirty card and you have wrinkles that are like this humidity won't do anything. You have to go for it with moisture when it's past a certain level. The humidor works awesome on minor dings and dents and I like to put a card in a humidor before I work on it manually with the card tool.
@@kurtscardcare Thanks. I've started to watch a lot of your stuff and like what you do. I'm mainly interested in getting minor wrinkles out of vintage cards.
I’m enjoying your videos. The way the card spray evaporates on the table so quickly it appears to be alcohol based. Is that safe for the card long term? Thanks for showing us your technique.
Thanks for asking. I have worked on cards for a long time and I have never had any issues as time goes by. If you make a mistake which is easy to do if you don't practice, you would notice an accident right away it's not something that will happen years down the road.
Possibly, but some stuff is just permanent. I don't always know what all these stains are because they've been gathering on there for 90 years. But when you work on your stuff, feel free to do multiple cycles and just see if you can get more improvements. Have fun with the process
@@happyhamster1411 not detectable under black light, it all goes away 100%. Now you could damage the card if you try scrubbing the surface or just using it the wrong way so that's a real possibility. You would just have to practice and get good with it.
@@kurtscardcare yeah that makes sense to blot it instead of rubbing. I was just curious because I know they catch cards that are bleached or whitened with different lighting types
@@happyhamster1411 for sure, that's why I had to make my own blends. I don't want to use heavy cleaning formulas on these sensitive cards. Moisture works great, but it just has to be the right type of formula. Good questions
@@kurtscardcare how much do you usually use per card on average. I recently started collecting the “33” Goudey set and I’m going to try my hand in restoring them a bit
I’ve learned a lot watching your videos and your kit has helped me quite a bit. You’ve mentioned a stand-up desk in other videos which is a great idea. When I work on cards I work on a stone lazy Susan that I can rotate to work from different angles without picking up the cards over and over. It minimizes handling and the risk of dropping the card. I picked it up at Ross or Bealls for $25. Just wanted to throw that out there for the folks that watch your work. Thanks for the lessons.
Awesome tip and thank you for adding it. I definitely don’t know everything. I love when other collector share ideas. Thank you 🤘🏼
That was my card! I sold the complete set of 1932 & 1933 Goudrey back in 1987 at a baseball card and coin show in Dearborn Michigan. All those cards were thrown in a pile in the attic and remained there for years. You did a good job on the card.
The only card that I kept that was a double of Detroit Tigers Charlie Gehringer.
I live in Dearborn
You have such a natural delicate touch and manner with cards.. you could buy a hundred of your kits, but you can’t buy that. You can tell this is your passion, and you’re an artist at what you do. I hope to get one of your kits soon, so i can start restoring my Pokemon cards, hopefully half as good as you
I seriously thank you for such a thoughtful message. As silly as it is.. yes I am very passionate about this and I enjoy it a lot. I’m thankful for TH-cam and Instagram and places like this where other people that find stuff like this interesting can connect. Thank you for watching and I appreciate the message. 🤙🏼
Kurt
I have learned a lot from you- thank you- keep the videos coming-
Will do, thanks for the nice message Justin 🤙🏼
Nice work man
Fantastic video
🤘🏼🤘🏼
Great result Kurt... Could you explain why you didn't give this one a full soak? What do you look for in the card that determines whether you go for a full soak or just surface dabs? Thanks!
Great question, I just wanna show a few options. This Card definitely could benefit from a full soak, but sometimes you only have a few issues, and I want to show you how to work on just a few verses all of them.
This was a great video. I am just curious. I've seen you do this method and I have also seen you soak your cards. What are some of the main factors in your decision to use slow moisture vs soaking?
I am a dumb dumb and didn't see your last comment. sorry for the repeat question
Came out nice
Kurt would you ever do a 2nd treatment to see if the crease will fully go away? I mean it looks insanely good from where it was but a 2nd might get it all. Thanks!
great question. I typically do 3/4 little corrections from start to finish. Some of these things just stick in there :)
That white pen that you used for the pinpoint spots. Can you put the link on where to buy that thing??
www.amazon.com/Jack-Richeson-Blending-Tortillon-16-Inch/dp/B001BYPR5W/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=tortillon&qid=1685191486&sr=8-9
Can you explain like for the wrinkles on a card like this, why you didn’t use the humidor as I’ve seen in some of your other videos?
That's a great question. The main reason is because it's just not enough. When you have a dirty card and you have wrinkles that are like this humidity won't do anything. You have to go for it with moisture when it's past a certain level. The humidor works awesome on minor dings and dents and I like to put a card in a humidor before I work on it manually with the card tool.
@@kurtscardcare Thanks. I've started to watch a lot of your stuff and like what you do. I'm mainly interested in getting minor wrinkles out of vintage cards.
I’m enjoying your videos. The way the card spray evaporates on the table so quickly it appears to be alcohol based. Is that safe for the card long term? Thanks for showing us your technique.
Thanks for asking. I have worked on cards for a long time and I have never had any issues as time goes by. If you make a mistake which is easy to do if you don't practice, you would notice an accident right away it's not something that will happen years down the road.
Why not just soak it after a pre clean?
Do you think if you went back tho this card, you could get more dirt off? looks like there was more you can get off with my novice eyes
Possibly, but some stuff is just permanent. I don't always know what all these stains are because they've been gathering on there for 90 years. But when you work on your stuff, feel free to do multiple cycles and just see if you can get more improvements. Have fun with the process
What’s the card spray you’re using? Just distilled water?
I make it, its a blend for cleaning but safe for work like this too
@@kurtscardcare and it won’t damage the card or leave any trace that’s detectable under black light?
@@happyhamster1411 not detectable under black light, it all goes away 100%. Now you could damage the card if you try scrubbing the surface or just using it the wrong way so that's a real possibility. You would just have to practice and get good with it.
@@kurtscardcare yeah that makes sense to blot it instead of rubbing. I was just curious because I know they catch cards that are bleached or whitened with different lighting types
@@happyhamster1411 for sure, that's why I had to make my own blends. I don't want to use heavy cleaning formulas on these sensitive cards. Moisture works great, but it just has to be the right type of formula. Good questions
Do all of those come in the package for 50 dollars??
Yep, but if you do a full soak like this, you’ll go through Cards spray quick.
@@kurtscardcare how much do you usually use per card on average. I recently started collecting the “33” Goudey set and I’m going to try my hand in restoring them a bit
@@AProfilename if you have to soak the cards, you’ll use more spray. But if you’re just working on creases or corner stuff it will last you a while.
1 grade higher ,buy a t206 Wagner and crack it and work your magic on it 🤔😳‼️
I don't think this one would grade very high, but it does look better :) I will get a T206 in the future to work on
@@kurtscardcare Those cards are just straight cardboard. No coating whatsoever. You did great.
Maybe try wrinkle cream ? 😂
I wish it was that easy 😄