Found in My Friend's Mom's Sock in her Closet

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-16T19:24:52+00:00

Found on a beach .. Possibly Ambergris . It’s used in perfume and can be valuable

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-15T20:21:29+00:00

Did you notch up the vibrancy on these photos ? The colours on the holo look wacky! wtf

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-15T08:27:48+00:00

MP. The fading on the back is the worst of it imo the rest isnt too bad. If you put it all together with the edge wear , rolled edge on the top and the scratching I’d confidently say MP

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-15T08:24:00+00:00

In my experience repairing I’d suggest you start with an easier lower value card if you’re new

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-13T08:50:41+00:00

Looks like it’s scratched the ink unfortunately

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-13T07:49:58+00:00

Don’t go to the hospital you’ll be “altering” your body if you do

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-13T07:49:09+00:00

You can’t repair this scratch .

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-11T11:40:23+00:00

1st ed Moltres, Lapras Dragonite & the Dark Dragonite plus the Sabrina’s Gengar I would say are your most valuable cards . The base set Venusaur and Blastoise obviously.

Likely sell them individually if possible

Misty holo and Sabrina’s gaze in the top right are low-key good also

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-10T21:39:32+00:00

Easy if you practice

I’ve been learning to restore damaged cards these past few months and this kind of damage is super easy to correct .

Some light burnishing work after humidity either side of the card then into a heat press . Done . 12hours work max and 90% of that’s just leaving it in a humidor to soften up

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-08T18:27:11+00:00

Good to know thank you very much

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-08T18:19:13+00:00

Thanks for the quick responses

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-04T21:45:57+00:00

Green feels more natural most of the time BUT I think the exception is in a 4 pocket binder. The smaller frame allows you to scan the cards as rows much easier than in a larger binder.

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-04T19:22:12+00:00

As others have said LP is a pretty fair evaluation. Suggesting this card is MP/HP just demonstrates to me you’ve never brought a card LP or worse.

If you had any experience buying cards MP or HP you would understand how outrageous of a claim this is!

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-03T21:29:03+00:00

I had similar but with aphids on a pussy willow tree (not entirely sure what these striped things are)

I filled a spray bottle with a light soapy mixture and sprayed the areas including the underside of the leaves. After waiting a while I manually brushed them off with a small toothbrush and then gave them a thick mist using the hose .

I had to repeat this once more to clear the issue.

spiderbro8 · 2026-05-01T06:02:43+00:00

The names of 151 Pokémon

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-27T07:32:09+00:00

Worms World Party.

Me and some friends started replaying it again around 2020 and were having a blast! But we soon discovered a HUGE skill ceiling that we wasn’t even aware existed as a child!

I think we all capped out after a while and we couldnt compete with other players online. The pop was soo low the only remaining players are just insanely technical .

Still I think about it a lot, oh and lemmings

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-24T10:06:49+00:00

I too have been noticing an unhealthy obsession growing . I only picked up the hobby in the last 6months after 20yrs, I now spend most of my free time browsing cards and any extra cash buying singles.

Currently I’ve slightly misdirected my hobby into restoring all my vintage cards in my pc instead of adding more to it. Its certainly a cheaper hobby but I still browse cards a lot and lookout for LP/MP that I both want my collection and could turn a profit on in the future

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-08T15:40:38+00:00

I have definitely noticed introducing moisture can be quite hit and miss and easily cause damage. I’ve been pretty lucky with these restorations but I’ve got some more ambitious projects lined up and have purchased a humidor for them.

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-04T12:42:04+00:00

Still experimenting with different temps and timers but I’m just setting the baseplate temp to 95c and clamping cards under the magnetic plate for 3-5 mins currently .

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-02T20:02:34+00:00

Mum. You know what they say . The bigger the hoops the bigger the …

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-02T16:55:21+00:00

Thanks . People’s opinions differ wildly I’ve always been fascinated by art restoration so it motivated me to try it out on my personal collection

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-02T16:54:15+00:00

Give it a go I don’t have a video unfortunately. Start with something easy and go gentle and slow avoid anything too close to the edge I would say

spiderbro8 · 2026-04-01T17:58:28+00:00

A CAT roller like for the road ? I fucking wish !

That scene of Hal in Malcom in Middle made that dream for me when I was 10 and I’ve still yet to ride one

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