1972 O-Pee-Chee Crazy Gum Stain Roberto Clemente

RedSoxSoul · Feb 1, 2013

Good morning all.

I just received and opened 4 1972 Series 1 O-Pee-Chee wax packs I got from The Baseball Card Exchange online store and unfortunately for me the by far best card of the bunch, #309 Roberto Clemente, was at the end of the pack with the gum and has the worst gum stain I've ever seen. I spoke with Steve from Baseball Card Exchange and he told me there was nothing I could do to get it off. I'm wondering if anyone in here has another opinion. As a point of interest, best cards I pulled were the Clemente, #291 Hal McRae, #41 Tommy Harris, #34 Billy Martin IA, #103 Checklist 2nd Series, and #92 ERA Leaders V Blue W Wood J Palmer. Thanks.

RedSoxSoul · Feb 1, 2013

Slightly more detail, the stain is on the front of the card, and it looks as if the gum was heated as there is actually gum still attached.

200lbhockeyplayer · Feb 1, 2013

Pantyhose has worked in the past. Not sure if it's truly "stained" or simply the wax residue. The residue will come off, but if it's stained, that means the paraffin has seeped into the cardstock.

RedSoxSoul · Feb 1, 2013

Could you elaborate on Pantyhose? Yes, I don't expect the stain to come out, but getting the layer of gum off would be nice.

jbhofmann · Feb 1, 2013

RedSoxSoul said:
Could you elaborate on Pantyhose? Yes, I don't expect the stain to come out, but getting the layer of gum off would be nice.

Have your lady put some pantyhose on. Work her into a tizzy by rubbbing Roberto up and down her leg. The hose will gently rub the wax off the card, and your lady will never forget the experience.

Common to do this to 86-87 Fleer Basketball stickers.

200lbhockeyplayer · Feb 1, 2013

jbhofmann said:
Have your lady put some pantyhose on. Work her into a tizzy by rubbbing Roberto up and down her leg. The hose will gently rub the wax off the card, and your lady will never forget the experience.

Common to do this to 86-87 Fleer Basketball stickers.

Similar to this.

But seriously, pantyhose over your hand/fingers and the texture will remove the wax, without messing with the surface. Don't forget to constantly switch locations of the hose that you are using so you don't just end up smearing more wax around.

I'm sure if you google baseball card - wax stain pantyhose - better descriptions will come up.

Also, Joel's NSFW video might come up too, so be careful.

cbrandtw · Feb 1, 2013

Scan?

RedSoxSoul · Feb 1, 2013

Thanks as usual folks, so psyched a buddy of mine pointed me here about a month ago! I'll see if I can get a scan up shortly.

RedSoxSoul · Feb 1, 2013

Bummer

PujolsCollector · Feb 1, 2013

DUUUUUUUDE holy crap that's a little more than a stain hahahaha.

James52411 · Feb 1, 2013

That might knock it down to NrMt.

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ThoseBackPages · Feb 1, 2013

the 72 O-Pee-Chee packs have this happen most of the time. Nothing you can do but enjoy the rip.

200lbhockeyplayer · Feb 1, 2013

RedSoxSoul said:
View attachment 11905 Bummer

Sadly, that's the gum breaking down, not wax. The card is stained/ruined and not worth a minute trying to make it look nicer. Best case scenario the pink will come off, but the stain will stay.

smapdi · Feb 1, 2013

There used to be some sort of product on the market that would could brush onto cards that, it claimed, would remove gum stains. I never saw it in action myself, but that card is beyond any sort of restoration anyway.

Even more entertaining would be to chew the gum with live streaming.

RedSoxSoul · Feb 1, 2013

Yup! Good times, if I didn't have crappy health insurance I might do the live gum chewing feed but alas I have to console myself with a factory sealed 2001 topps limited edition set for now.

MansGame · Feb 1, 2013

PujolsCollector said:
DUUUUUUUDE holy crap that's a little more than a stain hahahaha.

LOL +10000000000

KLARNOLD · Feb 1, 2013

I have removed stains with a cotton ball before but that stain looks permanent

BBCgalaxee · Feb 1, 2013

if you really think its ruined & embedded into the card, DON'T REMOVE THE GUM!

Im actually being for real, list it on ebay & write it up as unique with a piece of 41 yr old gum (probably older, who knows how long the gum was sitting in the warehouse).

If I collected him, I would pay more for yours than one in similar shape.

MansGame · Feb 1, 2013

BBCgalaxee said:
XXXX it, if you really think its ruined & embedded into the card, DON'T REMOVE THE GUM!

Im actually being for real, list it on ebay & write it up as unique with a piece of 41 yr old gum (probably older, who knows how long the gum was sitting in the warehouse).

If I collected him, I would pay more for yours than one in similar shape.

eBay 1/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Logan2500 · Feb 1, 2013

Was the gum good at least?

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