Help cleaning cards?

Hey guys,

I would love to grade my latias&latios alto mare japanese promos, I don’t really care about the grade as I just had the cards since I was a kid. Sadly both cards have some black marker stain on the top of the card, is it possible to remove it without PSA rejecting the cards?

Thank you :sweat_smile:

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Careful what chemicals you use to remove it, water wont do the trick. If it was a fresh marker stain you could use some rubbing alcohol just like how hand sanitizer removes sharpie marks on whiteboards or similar.

I have used heptides before and it worked on stains from me as a kid signing my name on the back of cards with a red pen(didnt fix the indent of writing though haha), but i dont know about marker. If i have a card with marker on it i wouldnt even consider it for grading, but if you are able to remove it and want to encapsulate your childhood card, sure submit it and see what happens.

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