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can cards shrink due to washing???

kingraider75kingraider75 Posts: 1,500 ✭✭
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I have two raw 1955 Topps All Americans, that I really believe shrunk due to washing. They don't seem to have any trim marks, but are smaller than my other cards by more than 1/8 of an inch on the sides.
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Based on what I have been told about "washing" - they don't shrink.

    I think it's possible the card is just "small" if it has no tell-tale trimming.

    An 1/8" is really short tho.

    mike
    Mike
  • detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭✭
    Typically, it's the dryer that shrinks them. Next time try using the gentle (lingerie) cycle or the "fluff air" setting, and you should be okay. If it's summer, you could also hang them out on the clothes line, but generally the clothes pins will leave an indentation. image
  • alnavmanalnavman Posts: 4,129 ✭✭✭
    the new washers with the "steam" cycle eliminates any shrinkage during washing.....be sure to dry on delicate though.....
  • kingraider75kingraider75 Posts: 1,500 ✭✭
    it's probably a trimmed card, since I have about another 175 raw 1955 Topps AA that are all roughly the same size. Guess I got hosed on a 1955 Topps Baugh, no biggie.
    Running an Ebay store sure takes a lot more time than a person would think!
  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭
    Kingraider,

    would you mind providing a link to your '55 set. I'd love to admire and be jealous for awhile.

    shawn
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
    Jerry: Oh... You mean... shrinkage.



    George: Yes. Significant shrinkage!



    Jerry: So you feel you were short changed.



    George: Yes! I mean, if she thinks that's me she's under a complete

    misapprehension. That was not me, Jerry. That was not me.
    image

  • kingraider75kingraider75 Posts: 1,500 ✭✭
    ok put a link to my 1955 Topps AA master set. Maybe I will put some scans, w/o the cert #'s.
    Running an Ebay store sure takes a lot more time than a person would think!
  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭
    kingraider,

    That's absolutely fantastic.

    Hopefully in about five years I can get close, but as you can see by mine, I have a long, long way to go.

    Did you buy your cards graded or send them in yourself???

    I've bought the 20 or 25 I have already graded, and most for about $15 to $25. So I'm apprehensive about buying raw and hoping to get 6's or 7's when the grading fee is so high($15 per card if not during a special)

    shawn
  • chaz43chaz43 Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have two raw 1955 Topps All Americans, that I really believe shrunk due to washing. They don't seem to have any trim marks, but are smaller than my other cards by more than 1/8 of an inch on the sides. >>



    I read somewhere that if you use Palmolive dish soap it helps to expand the size of the card and it won't fade the front of the card either. Apply the soap with your Mother's dish cloth in a circular motion. I read that it will also help to restore the "sparkle" in the card as well and it won't leave any residue. Hope this helps. chaz
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