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  • Pre-Cleaning for Grading

    Posted by roya1rips on May 1, 2026 at 1:44 pm

    Has anyone had any experience with cleaning cards before sending them to get graded?

    I just cleaned some Kobe rookies of mine, and they look 10x better! Just making sure PSA isn’t going to void them.

    dangerranger replied 2 weeks, 1 day ago 7 Members · 9 Replies
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  • KJXploR

    Member
    May 1, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    I’m just about to choose cards for grading and am wondering what I need to do to clean them. What did you do for yours?

  • wickedcustomzcards

    Member
    May 1, 2026 at 7:44 pm

    i just asked @thehobbi_Mike about this.. ive heard about people doing this but id be afraid of messing the card up and yeah if grading deems it altered and doesnt grade it

  • quackcab69

    Member
    May 1, 2026 at 10:09 pm

    The most ive done is just wiped them with a micro fiber cloth before putting them in the sleeves to send them in

  • thehobbi_Mike

    Administrator
    May 2, 2026 at 5:01 pm

    What did you do to clean them?

    • This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by  thehobbi_Mike.
    • roya1rips

      Member
      June 15, 2026 at 5:42 pm

      I’ve been doing it a good bit recently, just don’t have any of them back. But I wiped them down and used some wax. I also got pretty good at getting some corners to present better. I enjoy doing it and would love to start doing it for others but it’s hard to get people to ship you cards off the rip. 😂

      • thehobbi_Mike

        Administrator
        June 16, 2026 at 1:22 pm

        Let us know how you do when you get them back!

  • wickedcustomzcards

    Member
    June 17, 2026 at 8:42 pm

    ive aleays wondered about this as ive seen a couple card cleaning kits going around. and people talking about them and getting dimples and such out of cards and making them look better.

  • mysteried

    Member
    June 21, 2026 at 11:05 pm

    I haven’t cleaned any of the cards I’ve sent in. Honestly, I think that’s hurt some of the cards I’ve sent in and I intend to do so the next time I send some in. I’ve got a few I want to send in to TAG, but am waiting on them to open up the lower tiers first.

    I may send a few in to Degree or Beckett before that and give it a try. At the very least, I think I’ll use a nice microfiber cloth to help clean them up a bit and get the surface looking nicer.

  • dangerranger

    Member
    June 29, 2026 at 10:54 pm

    I’d also be weary of people cleaning my cards. I just take a clean new microfiber cloth and get rid of any fingerprints with a magnifying class, and shine a led light to check before submitting.

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