You’re the definition of: when one door closes, another opens. Ever since the job lay off thing, I’ve seen you dive hard/harder…into this comic hobby. I noticed the change in the channel’s videos. And lately…looks like you’re making this hobby into something you can get money & enjoyment out of it. Just glad it’s working for you, keep the passion and hard work going.
Heads up, that fire resistant paper you have for pressing will leave a mark on the comic cover. The same grid pattern on the paper will show up on the cover. I think they call that pebbling. Switch to Silicone Parchment Paper
James could you do a video of you using the press machine ? I want to get into cleaning and pressing my own books but don’t know how to ! It would be a great start for me and probably many others who don’t know as much about it !
Congrats James! I would love to have a station like that. I think many people waiting for video tutorial on how to clean and press comic books. And would be great to see shopping list of what to buy.
I just spent some time cleaning up my area, and it feels great having things organized once again. Just have to spend a bit of time now and again to keep it that way. Looks great!
Just started getting in to pressing a few months ago and there's something weirdly zen about the whole thing. From setting up the work space to the the entire dry cleaning and pressing process. Would love a review of the Immaculate Comics light box further down the line. Love their stuff. Great vid.
*_This looks great._* *_It's just...well, depending on what you are going to draw with, I guess it's OK to use this workstation for more than comic book CPR; but do be mindful._* *_That is a very shallow light box, is it meant to be a quicker exposure maybe?_* *_Did I miss the humidity box?_*
Love the video's I just set up my own cleaning station recently. Want to get a press as well but not sure what to look for. Would love to hear what model you got and how its working.
Wow James, that’s an awesome work station. I really like how everything has a specific place (that does remind me of me 🤣) Very impressive artwork, I am sure it will flourish in those idyllic surroundings. Thank you for the video and good luck with your future projects 👏🏻
Love this. Do you have any kind of setup for playing music when you work? I know we all have different work methods, but as an author for over 40 years I’ve never sat down to write without some music playing in the background. So I’m just curious if you have similar habits of inspiration.
Dry cleaning scares me more that wet cleaning. Be careful with the 40 factor (12%) peroxide. I would also say that your "eye/knowledge/spider sense" for spotting 9+ level comics in the wild is your greatest power. Where will your cold press stack live? Above all, have fun.
I think you've maximized the best use of the space you have available, although it may not be save to have your press that close to the curtains. Am I seeing things, or is the press hanging off the corner of the table? Just a heads up about light therapy. I've recently been watching videos of people who restore yellowing plastics from old computers and gaming systems and most of them use UV light boxes, but there was one guy who did a comparison video with multiple techniques/mediums and he discovered that with UV the lightening the results had less to do with the UV light itself and more to do with the heat generated by the light. In his trials, heat without UV light did a better job of lightening the plastic than UV by itself did, and while it takes a longer amount of time than UV he also got better results using an ozone machine (putting the plastic in a bag, inflating it with ozone, and letting it sit for 24 hours or more). I don't know if these techniques would work as well on paper as they do on plastic, but now I'm very tempted to try. Link to the video is below. th-cam.com/video/qZYbchvSUDY/w-d-xo.html
You’re the definition of: when one door closes, another opens. Ever since the job lay off thing, I’ve seen you dive hard/harder…into this comic hobby. I noticed the change in the channel’s videos. And lately…looks like you’re making this hobby into something you can get money & enjoyment out of it. Just glad it’s working for you, keep the passion and hard work going.
Heads up, that fire resistant paper you have for pressing will leave a mark on the comic cover. The same grid pattern on the paper will show up on the cover. I think they call that pebbling. Switch to Silicone Parchment Paper
A future video of you cleaning and pressing a comic would be interesting to watch.
Something about taking a messy space, and turning it into an organization area. Is deeply fulfilling.
James could you do a video of you using the press machine ? I want to get into cleaning and pressing my own books but don’t know how to ! It would be a great start for me and probably many others who don’t know as much about it !
Congrats James! I would love to have a station like that. I think many people waiting for video tutorial on how to clean and press comic books. And would be great to see shopping list of what to buy.
I'm procrastinating so much that I'm watching someone clean up instead of cleaning up myself lol
Hahahahaha
You picked the right air cleaner....just got a larger version of that model and the difference in air quality in our house is amazing. Well played!
Please post demos of your pressing work. I would love to see the process brother!
Don’t forget to have a clock or a digital timer to keep time for the light and pressing use.
I don’t have time to watch this right now, but I’m excited to watch later. Might have a question or two… if you don’t mind.
Great setup you have there. I hope to set up a similar cleaning station for my games and comics that come from garages and basements!
I just spent some time cleaning up my area, and it feels great having things organized once again. Just have to spend a bit of time now and again to keep it that way. Looks great!
Looking good and organised!
Nice work area now to keep it clean
Great video! any chance of a video of how to press coming?
Just started getting in to pressing a few months ago and there's something weirdly zen about the whole thing. From setting up the work space to the the entire dry cleaning and pressing process. Would love a review of the Immaculate Comics light box further down the line. Love their stuff. Great vid.
nice work, can you put out a video of ur storage of ur personal collection
*_This looks great._*
*_It's just...well, depending on what you are going to draw with, I guess it's OK to use this workstation for more than comic book CPR; but do be mindful._*
*_That is a very shallow light box, is it meant to be a quicker exposure maybe?_*
*_Did I miss the humidity box?_*
The bigger challenge and cleaning the station is keeping the surface from gathering clutter. He would be surprised how quickly it will come back.
Looks great, well done!
I would love to see the process, could you do a video using your new station?
That seems like a lot of work! Not to mention the actual pressing part of it😂
You better believe it!
Love the video's I just set up my own cleaning station recently. Want to get a press as well but not sure what to look for. Would love to hear what model you got and how its working.
Best of luck! This will greatly expand I bet.
I've just started getting into using light therapy as well. So much to learn.
You still need a poster of On Golden Pond
Sweet setup!
Great idea Brother. It looks awesome!! Thanks for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😀 👍 ❤️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 ♥️ 💯💯💯💯💯
Love the way you attack projects. Nice inspiration.
Really like the “Key Issue” stickers. A few books I bought from you have them.
looks great James! I would honestly love to see more videos like these! I dig them.
Your setup is nice! Bigger table would have been nice, but you got to work with what you got.
Love those kind of videos as I reconfigure my own space(s) man!
Nice man! Just need a hydration chamber and your all set up
Would you list the name brands and model numbers for the press, light box, black cgc frames, cleaning supplies and air purifier?
Looks great! Keep up the good work sir!
Nice clean and professional setup dude!
Wow James, that’s an awesome work station. I really like how everything has a specific place (that does remind me of me 🤣)
Very impressive artwork, I am sure it will flourish in those idyllic surroundings. Thank you for the video and good luck with your future projects 👏🏻
That's so funny, I legitimately have an entire run of Shadow of The Bat sitting in a file at my LCS and i'm grabbing like 2 or 3 every time I go
How much do you want for shadow of the bat? Love that run!!
This is great, James! I can’t wait to be able to utilize your skills!
Looks great!
Dude this is a great video idea!!
Looks great! Good luck with the new set up. 👊🏽
Love this. Do you have any kind of setup for playing music when you work? I know we all have different work methods, but as an author for over 40 years I’ve never sat down to write without some music playing in the background. So I’m just curious if you have similar habits of inspiration.
make sure the heat press doesn't get near those slabs on the wall.
nice, maybe I should do some spring cleaning too!
I want this!
Won’t you use metal plate for pressing ?
I'm making a co.ic room so I feel the pian
Great setup. Wondering 2 things, what’s the model of that pressing, and what would be the avg. price to press a book?
Setup is looking really clean dude! Nice job, are you hiring ahahah.
My favourite hunter of mint comics 💙🔥
What do those black slab boxes run?
When can I send my books to you to clean and press ;)
Dry cleaning scares me more that wet cleaning. Be careful with the 40 factor (12%) peroxide. I would also say that your "eye/knowledge/spider sense" for spotting 9+ level comics in the wild is your greatest power. Where will your cold press stack live? Above all, have fun.
You need to have a bigger table. Where is your steamer? VERY nice .
Steamer not shown, and the problem is my house is the size of an NYX apartment lol
Highly recommend getting an aluminum plate for your press if you haven't done so already
I would love a link to your eBay page!
I mainly sell on My Sunday claim sale!
James how much are you looking for the shadow of Bat run ? If it hasn’t sold already
$225! many dupes in there too. Less than $2 per book
Its Friday, its raining and I'm watching a man tidy up. 👍
Great video man, also i got a question what would a nova #1 (first app of nova) in a cgc 8.5 slab be worth?
Nothing to introduce a bit of humidity into the books before pressing? Like a clothes steamer?
What frames are those?
Clean that room 😂
What type of press?
I keep my humidity chamber under my desk to save space.
Actually ironic u posted this, my station is 80 percent done as of last night.
How much for the Shadow of the Bat? Lol
Staples is the pits
Just be careful with anything Liquid based cleaning cgc starting to hit people with purple labels. For cleaning .
I like you’re set up but I desorption in time you will discover more space would be better, but in the meantime I hope it works well for you
Prob is my house is the size of a NY apartment lol
@@MintHunterComics I understand, there’s never enough room no matter what you start off with
I think you've maximized the best use of the space you have available, although it may not be save to have your press that close to the curtains. Am I seeing things, or is the press hanging off the corner of the table?
Just a heads up about light therapy. I've recently been watching videos of people who restore yellowing plastics from old computers and gaming systems and most of them use UV light boxes, but there was one guy who did a comparison video with multiple techniques/mediums and he discovered that with UV the lightening the results had less to do with the UV light itself and more to do with the heat generated by the light. In his trials, heat without UV light did a better job of lightening the plastic than UV by itself did, and while it takes a longer amount of time than UV he also got better results using an ozone machine (putting the plastic in a bag, inflating it with ozone, and letting it sit for 24 hours or more). I don't know if these techniques would work as well on paper as they do on plastic, but now I'm very tempted to try. Link to the video is below.
th-cam.com/video/qZYbchvSUDY/w-d-xo.html
day 1 of asking where i can buy your stuff
Looks like the perfect amount of space underneath the top row for another row of slabs. Just sayin.
I ment to say comic book
I accidentally disliked sorry james , i changed it
When you need help with wet or dry cleaning just give me a call @ The Comic Book Underground here in Florida.