Haha glad you enjoy them! Of course I could edit to make it look like everything went flawlessly, but that's not reality and then not as helpful. I like to show the good and the bad of the process and you hit the nail on the head as to why.
Idk why this doesn’t have more views. It definitely seems like the best method I’ve seen so far. The only other thing I’d try is having the rag be damp or wet before hand. Or perhaps letting the art sit in water till it’s pretty soaked. And dry it with the iron. Like push the wrinkles out with the iron as your drying it.
Hey man I appreciate it! This was a first time learn-as-I-go process to be sure. In hindsight I really wish I would have had a nice flat sheet of glass to do the ironing on and push the wrinkles out. As you can see, doing this same thing on a finished wooden table had some.. downsides. Water submersion may have worked out well as opposed to spraying, but I was worried about blistering between the ink and the paper.
Thanks! Yeah I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to attempt this on something like Chibi Robo... I probably would though because the water damage just looks so bad. Luckily I don't have any water damage on my more rare games.
Thanks for the kind words! A manual could be a little more tricky since it is multiple pages vs a single page like this insert here. If you get the pages highly humidified (or wet) and press them together there is some risk (maybe high risk) that they'll stick together causing permanent damage. I'd recommend practicing on a low value manual--which is what I'll do if/when I come across one. Who knows, could be a new video one day!
@@FantasticQuack your right maybe if I put something on btw each page? I don't know good thing I was going to do this Friday and not yesterday or today before this haha. Thanks for the info and feedback your amazing.
Recently bought a game with a water damaged art work and want to try repairing it. Do you recommend I put the cardboard first like you did afterwards so I don't lose paint? I really don't want to lose paint just want to flatten it out.
I’m assuming this case was from a cheaper, better condition game right? It actually didn’t fit into the case perfectly because GameCube cases come in a variety of sizes and some inserts will fit into certain cases where as some won’t. The size of them has something to do with the number and letter printed on the side and a gauge on the top right corner of the front of it
I'm not certain since this is the case it came in from when I bought it used. I just assumed the water damage swelled and expanded the art a bit; at the end of it the fit was pretty good though after enough drying/flattening time. I have swapped a lot of gamecube cover art/cases in the past though and I've never run into one not fitting into a certain case like what happened here.
The general idea will work, but there are other methods to humidify/press beyond what was shown here, so I'd just recommend doing some research and practicing on stuff you don't care about.
Hey! Try to get your hands on a flat piece of glass (like from an old copier or even a glass-top coffee table). That will be a prime surface compared to the wooden table I used. Good luck!
That can be tricky. you could try a hair dryer to see if heat alone will release it without damage. Otherwise you might need to also wet it a bit, maybe by sliding in a damp paper towel or something like that.
The iron is unnecessary, all I do is spray some water on the inside(do not drench) of the insert. Dab it dry with paper towel, then put a bunch of books on the insert and leave for about 10 minutes, check and leave for longer if required. This will remove those ripples with ease.
Very true but you need some expensive equipment for that.. I truly believe doing this with a sheet of glass instead of a finished table would have worked and caused no ink damage, but I have yet to try it. Cheers
I bought Gotham Knights brand new and sealed and mine was like this.. I hate having a cracked case or scratched disc, but this is a whole new level of frustration lmao
I don't use an iron, I spray water onto the back of the cover, sandwich the cover between two sheets of paper and put a heavy book on top, wait a day and the wrinkles are gone from the artwork.
I used to have a big piece of glass (salvaged out of a broken scanner) that I was looking everywhere for before resorting to this. As you can tell I didn't find it....
If it's a good price I would for sure! It's not too much effort to do this and bring it back to near perfect condition. Just don't make that one mistake I did!