Thanks Steve, I appreciate that. I do fully recognize that I am a terrible salesman, partially because I am not strongly invested in trying to urge people to buy my products. As you said, the products are kind of their own salesmen. I invent and sell things that I would like to use myself and and have proven objectively that they work well. I make extra units in case other people also want to buy them. This also helps to dilute my development costs, which can be enormous. There are several dead products that never make it to my store for every one does make it there. Mostly because they don't live up to my standards or I cannot be sure that they are safe for humans or comic books. I would be doing the exact same thing if no one wanted any of my products and someday I suspect I'll get bored and do something else entirely. It won't be this year, thought because I have a lot of things in my research list that make really be important to the industry. Thanks again for the kind words. Rick
Its actually mind blowing that cgc doesn't offer uv protection as an option. I put uv tint on my windows so all my comics, statues and any other collectibles are free from sun fade. Excellent product though. You're doing great things
Thanks for the kind words! And measure your UV tint and ensure that it is effective. I tested dozens of flexible films and I found the ones I tested t be only very minimally effective. Thanks again!!!
I’m incredibly amazed by the scientific research you put into comic preservation. It’s really the coolest thing to watch, not to mention a blessing for the community as a whole. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. Hopefully I can get some of my books pressed & graded in the near future, at which point I would like to buy some of these.
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate your kind words because I work hard on this, so much harder than my videos fully capture. in fact I would say that probably 80-90% of all of my work never makes it to the UA-cam screen but much of it proves not valuable or interesting. I am glad to be able to offer them at all as it becomes more difficult for me to secure enough material to fabricate them. They ship from Italy and my lead times and availability in the future have me concerned. Lets hope world commerce becomes more stable next year and price return to sane levels! Thanks again for the kind words!
Rick this is another great idea of yours. A nice clean looking was to be able to show off your comic art without damaging you comic. Well done. I am sure you don’t here it enough but this is one person that appreciates all you do. Thanks.
What size do you want Steve, or better yet what fits in a magazine slab? Let me know as I am ordering more plastic as soon as I can and the stuff is incredibly difficult to get right now. Its also very difficult to cut without burning, melting, or breaking so I have to be very conservative with how I use it!
Thanks for doing these man. One thing I would say is I’m just buying enough to rotate them for comics I display on a shelf instead of sticking them on. I’ll just put them on the shelf in front of the slab in a groove. If it would make them significantly cheaper to offer them without the stickiness, you might think about offering that too as another option. But thanks! Great work.
Hi Christopher, and thanks or writing. It just so happens that your exact model of book rotation is exactly what I had in mind. The adhesives that come with the slab max are designed with two properties in mind. 1) they leave an air gap between the case and the slab max to prevent any newton rings or staining of the CGC slab with plasticizer transfer (from the CGC case, not the slab max). 2) The adhesive tabs are removable and (reportedly) residue free so they can be just simply moved to the new CGC case. So you are using them exactly as designed!
Cool idea! I gather the acrylic sheet is flat enough, and the adhesive dots are thick enough, that there is not direct contact with the slab, which could cause Newton rings?
Got these and absolutely love them! One note I might add. Can you please add a little tab to help peel away the protective film on future versions? Even with the wife's nails, had such a hard time to start peeling away the film. 😭
That’s a good idea. What happens is that the laser can melt the film to the plastic at the edges. I’ve noticed that when it’s cooler (like where I live) the film comes off more easily. What I’m thinking is to cut a little tab that can be broken off of a corner which allows one to peel away the film with it. Do you think that would be ok?
This is quite amazing. Are you or maybe looking into creating your own comic slab? Would be great to get an aftermarket UV protecedt snap on or magnetic connection comic slab.
I do make my own for myself but I don’t think I’ll offer them commercially. There are enough other products on the market that I feel people have choices already. I wanted to make an upgrade to what I see as a flaw in some of them!
Ordered 4 before you run out! Any book I have that is valuable and I want to display I'm going to get these. Mainly because I want to open my blinds and I don't feel like I can do that right now because of UV fears.
You are a wise man, Lee. Its probably not necessary on cheaper books but I think its prudent for any book you display thats worth more than $500. At that point its about 5% of the value of the book and money well spent for peace of mind. And come to think of it, they aren't permanently attached to any book so you can just get a few of the slabmax protectors and use them on any books in your display rotation!
Great product . I have seen a similar film type product that came along with a mounting frame my daughter bought me about a year ago. It’s a peel and place soft film - almost like a phone protector film. This seems like a much more convenient thing as I’m sure the film requires fighting with air bubbles and the like. Since most likely we will be needing both front and back as well as possibly some UV leaking in the sides - would it be possible to make a “top loader” out of this for slabs and important raw books . Just an idea to protect the sides and backs as well - also does away with the mounting issues ??!! Great ideas tho as always. I’m a huge advocate of this kind of product because I had about 35 very pricey books fade (over time) down in a windowless basement - using only fluorescent tube lights. Happened slowly which is the scary part - you don’t really notice it until it’s too late .
Yikes, that's awful. I investigated dozens of adhesive films for this very purpose, they were all terrible...even the ones that claims 100% UV absorption. Something they all have in common is that they are thin and flexible. Both are contrary to success in UV filtering. about UV leaking. Consider refraction vs diffraction. Refraction is the change in direction of waves that occurs when waves travel from one medium to another. Refraction is always accompanied by a wavelength and speed change. Diffraction is the bending of waves around obstacles and openings. The amount of diffraction increases with increasing wavelength. This means that light in the visible doesn't bend around corners very much, but IR light does quite a bit. Shorter wavelengths like UV don't bend around corners in a scale thats meaningful in sizes that humans can process. The amount of refraction (bending into the material itself) increases as the wavelength of light decreases. Shorter wavelengths of light (violet and blue) are slowed more and consequently experience more bending than do the longer wavelengths (orange and red). This also has the effect of increasing the path length through something like a plastic sheet if the UV light is coming in orthogonally (at 90 º). This filters more of it out. The biggest threat (IMHO) is reflection off of wall and interior surfaces. for that purpose a light blocking band around the outside of the entire case would probably be best. Since we don't care if its transparent to any light at all, that opens up our material choices and can even be a rubber band or a plastic ring. Come to think of it, I can make both pretty easily. hmmmmm.
Thanks for the kind words, I fully expect someone will eventually copy every one of my ideas if they become popular enough. Any patentable idea must be novel, useful, and unobvious. I think this would be challenged on the "unobvious" front because someone was going to invent this eventually. I just happened to do it first (as far as I know).
everything you invent i feel like i have to have not because you're a good salesman but because it's practical and useful... you're stuff sells itself
Thanks Steve, I appreciate that. I do fully recognize that I am a terrible salesman, partially because I am not strongly invested in trying to urge people to buy my products. As you said, the products are kind of their own salesmen.
I invent and sell things that I would like to use myself and and have proven objectively that they work well. I make extra units in case other people also want to buy them. This also helps to dilute my development costs, which can be enormous. There are several dead products that never make it to my store for every one does make it there. Mostly because they don't live up to my standards or I cannot be sure that they are safe for humans or comic books. I would be doing the exact same thing if no one wanted any of my products and someday I suspect I'll get bored and do something else entirely. It won't be this year, thought because I have a lot of things in my research list that make really be important to the industry.
Thanks again for the kind words. Rick
Those uv-protective screens are awesome
Thanks my friend!
Its actually mind blowing that cgc doesn't offer uv protection as an option. I put uv tint on my windows so all my comics, statues and any other collectibles are free from sun fade. Excellent product though. You're doing great things
Thanks for the kind words! And measure your UV tint and ensure that it is effective. I tested dozens of flexible films and I found the ones I tested t be only very minimally effective. Thanks again!!!
I’m pretty excited. Thanks Rick. Safe trip man.
Thanks my friend, I'm pretty tired of traveling but I do get to see some pretty fun comic book stores!
I’m incredibly amazed by the scientific research you put into comic preservation. It’s really the coolest thing to watch, not to mention a blessing for the community as a whole. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
Hopefully I can get some of my books pressed & graded in the near future, at which point I would like to buy some of these.
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate your kind words because I work hard on this, so much harder than my videos fully capture. in fact I would say that probably 80-90% of all of my work never makes it to the UA-cam screen but much of it proves not valuable or interesting. I am glad to be able to offer them at all as it becomes more difficult for me to secure enough material to fabricate them. They ship from Italy and my lead times and availability in the future have me concerned. Lets hope world commerce becomes more stable next year and price return to sane levels! Thanks again for the kind words!
The only thing that would make it even better is if you could get them to be glare free! Keep it up! Awesome stuff
It was a trade off of glare for clarity….a tough call.
Rick this is another great idea of yours. A nice clean looking was to be able to show off your comic art without damaging you comic. Well done. I am sure you don’t here it enough but this is one person that appreciates all you do. Thanks.
Thanks so much Jerry, you really made my day!
Well done Rick, that is a fantastic product, you will have to do one for magazine slabs
What size do you want Steve, or better yet what fits in a magazine slab? Let me know as I am ordering more plastic as soon as I can and the stuff is incredibly difficult to get right now. Its also very difficult to cut without burning, melting, or breaking so I have to be very conservative with how I use it!
Those are awesome !
Glad you like them!
Just what I was searching the web for. Ordered and thanks again
Wow that’s great I’m glad you found us! Thank you for ordering!
I'd like to reorder. Got a coupon code?
Can you please email info@immaculatecomics.com and ask? I’m not involved with orders myself, sorry!
Thanks for doing these man.
One thing I would say is I’m just buying enough to rotate them for comics I display on a shelf instead of sticking them on. I’ll just put them on the shelf in front of the slab in a groove.
If it would make them significantly cheaper to offer them without the stickiness, you might think about offering that too as another option.
But thanks! Great work.
Hi Christopher, and thanks or writing. It just so happens that your exact model of book rotation is exactly what I had in mind. The adhesives that come with the slab max are designed with two properties in mind. 1) they leave an air gap between the case and the slab max to prevent any newton rings or staining of the CGC slab with plasticizer transfer (from the CGC case, not the slab max). 2) The adhesive tabs are removable and (reportedly) residue free so they can be just simply moved to the new CGC case. So you are using them exactly as designed!
Brilliant!
Thank you my friend!
Super awesome product!!
We agree! Thanks for the kind words. I just can't get enough material to make them now!
Will they work on cbcs' cases as well?
Honestly I don’t know . I don’t have any cbcs cases to measure yet!!
How long does its UV protection last though?? Is there any degradation over time??
Cool idea! I gather the acrylic sheet is flat enough, and the adhesive dots are thick enough, that there is not direct contact with the slab, which could cause Newton rings?
Hi Dan, yes that’s exactly true. There is an air gap.
Got these and absolutely love them! One note I might add. Can you please add a little tab to help peel away the protective film on future versions? Even with the wife's nails, had such a hard time to start peeling away the film. 😭
That’s a good idea. What happens is that the laser can melt the film to the plastic at the edges. I’ve noticed that when it’s cooler (like where I live) the film comes off more easily. What I’m thinking is to cut a little tab that can be broken off of a corner which allows one to peel away the film with it. Do you think that would be ok?
@@ImmaculateComics Yea that would be cool. Anything that can resemble what dipping sauces use to get the peel off started lol
This is quite amazing. Are you or maybe looking into creating your own comic slab? Would be great to get an aftermarket UV protecedt snap on or magnetic connection comic slab.
I do make my own for myself but I don’t think I’ll offer them commercially. There are enough other products on the market that I feel people have choices already. I wanted to make an upgrade to what I see as a flaw in some of them!
@@ImmaculateComics Well put me on the list if you ever decide to do a limited release. I'm sure they would be great. 👍
Ordered 4 before you run out! Any book I have that is valuable and I want to display I'm going to get these. Mainly because I want to open my blinds and I don't feel like I can do that right now because of UV fears.
You are a wise man, Lee. Its probably not necessary on cheaper books but I think its prudent for any book you display thats worth more than $500. At that point its about 5% of the value of the book and money well spent for peace of mind. And come to think of it, they aren't permanently attached to any book so you can just get a few of the slabmax protectors and use them on any books in your display rotation!
Great product . I have seen a similar film type product that came along with a mounting frame my daughter bought me about a year ago. It’s a peel and place soft film - almost like a phone protector film. This seems like a much more convenient thing as I’m sure the film requires fighting with air bubbles and the like. Since most likely we will be needing both front and back as well as possibly some UV leaking in the sides - would it be possible to make a “top loader” out of this for slabs and important raw books . Just an idea to protect the sides and backs as well - also does away with the mounting issues ??!! Great ideas tho as always. I’m a huge advocate of this kind of product because I had about 35 very pricey books fade (over time) down in a windowless basement - using only fluorescent tube lights. Happened slowly which is the scary part - you don’t really notice it until it’s too late .
Yikes, that's awful. I investigated dozens of adhesive films for this very purpose, they were all terrible...even the ones that claims 100% UV absorption. Something they all have in common is that they are thin and flexible. Both are contrary to success in UV filtering.
about UV leaking.
Consider refraction vs diffraction.
Refraction is the change in direction of waves that occurs when waves travel from one medium to another. Refraction is always accompanied by a wavelength and speed change. Diffraction is the bending of waves around obstacles and openings. The amount of diffraction increases with increasing wavelength. This means that light in the visible doesn't bend around corners very much, but IR light does quite a bit. Shorter wavelengths like UV don't bend around corners in a scale thats meaningful in sizes that humans can process.
The amount of refraction (bending into the material itself) increases as the wavelength of light decreases. Shorter wavelengths of light (violet and blue) are slowed more and consequently experience more bending than do the longer wavelengths (orange and red). This also has the effect of increasing the path length through something like a plastic sheet if the UV light is coming in orthogonally (at 90 º). This filters more of it out.
The biggest threat (IMHO) is reflection off of wall and interior surfaces. for that purpose a light blocking band around the outside of the entire case would probably be best. Since we don't care if its transparent to any light at all, that opens up our material choices and can even be a rubber band or a plastic ring. Come to think of it, I can make both pretty easily. hmmmmm.
That's an awesome product do have a link where I can purchase some of these
HTTPS://immaculatecomics.com
Where I can get them, thank you.
Check description, please.
CGC might want to buy you out dude, or steal the product... Patent this asap
Thanks for the kind words, I fully expect someone will eventually copy every one of my ideas if they become popular enough. Any patentable idea must be novel, useful, and unobvious. I think this would be challenged on the "unobvious" front because someone was going to invent this eventually. I just happened to do it first (as far as I know).
But is it bulletproof?
This material, sadly, is not bulletproof. but it has higher clarity!