I have some sticky dirt on my Poke Dude card.
What’s the best way to clean it off without damaging it? I never dared to touch a card, but for this one it would be nice to get the obvious dirt off of it. Especially since I am thinking about getting it graded.
Thanks for that. The damage on the back came off quite easily. But the one on the front is a tough one. I am not sure if it’s just a dent will ball pen ink in it? Hard to determine. What do you guys think?
Given the distortion on the voxels around it this looks like an embedded piece of dirt.
For a card of this value I recommend you get a 10 buck jewelers loupe and examine it, and then determine whether fine tweezers or cleaning is needed to avoid damaging rhe card.
Without a 30X greater magnification it’s going to be hard to tell - but from a certain point it doesn’t matter. if you’ve gently tried rubbing it with distilled water and rubbed it with a glass cleaning cloth, and it’s not coming off it is probably embedded in the surface of the care. you may damage it with more efforts to remove it. If you can’t get it out i’d recommend trying another day after you’ve done more research or are willing to risk it.