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I've read on here that when sending a glossy photo or card to get signed TTM, you should wipe it down to get the gloss off.
Is it entirely necessarry to do that? I sort of like the gloss. If you keep the gloss on, will it result in a garbage autograph?
If so, what is the best way to go about getting the gloss off?

use a white eraser on it.

it will still look shiny pretty much, but will lessen the chances of a smudged auto by a lot!

I always use glossy photos.

I always use glossy photos and this is the first time I have ever heard about wiping the gloss off them. Also I have never had a smudged autograph.

it seems to happen way more on trading cards then photos...it makes the ink "bubble" a lot of the times.

Mayhem13, may I ask what you meant by a white eraser? Are you talking about erasers that you would use when wrting with pencil?

I beleive he's referring to the big block ones you can get like these:



then you just lightly rub it over the entire photo.

http://www.buy.com/prod/hi-polymer-bloc ... 89692.html

RYAN J.

Thanks for the info Ryan . Also has anyone done this and this it make any difference the photo or how it looks?

From what I hear it works. It basically just dulls down the photo and makes it look like the matte type photo paper. You would have to find a glossy photo you don't want and test different markers on it.

Dull down one half of the photo and see what you like better.

RYAN J.

Thanks for the advice Ryan. I'll have to try that sometime .