Pokémon card restoration
Mail-in card restoration from Foil Foundry, New Jersey: surface cleaning from $10, flattening, dent, crease and bend reduction, edge lifting and adhesive repair. Quoted from your photos first, 50% deposit, a report and care sheet with every card, a deal on three or more cards.
Services
- Surface cleaning from $10 per card: Basic and detailed cleaning, residue removal, light surface scratch reduction. Done on every card we take in; the minimum service on its own. Turnaround 3 to 5 days.
- Light restoration from $40 per card: Surface cleaning plus flattening and minor edge lifting repair. For bowed, warped or lightly bent cards. Turnaround 5 to 7 days.
- Targeted repair from $60 per card: One structural problem worked on: a dent, a crease, a bend, lifted edges or an adhesive spot, plus surface cleaning. Turnaround 7 to 10 days.
- Advanced restoration from $85 per card: Several structural problems on one card, or a high value card that needs the slowest, most careful work. Quoted per card after we see the photos. Turnaround 10 to 14 days.
What we can work on
- Flattening
- Basic cleaning
- Detailed cleaning
- Residue removal
- Wrinkle repair
- Dent repair
- Bend repair
- Scratch reduction (light and surface scratches within the card's outer coating)
- Edge lifting repair
- Adhesive exposure repair (tape and sticker residue)
What we cannot fix
- Edge whitening
- Colour fading from water or light
- Most holo foil damage
- Water damage beyond very light cases
- Rips, tears, holes and burns
- Scratches that reach the paper or the holo layer
- Curses, hexes and cards that are being followed by something
Every job is quoted from your photos first. A 50% deposit holds your slot. If we find on arrival that the card would only get worse, we stop and send it back for the cost of postage. Cleaned, pressed or repaired cards can be labelled altered by grading companies; we say so before any work starts.