The Mint Workshop®#1 Rated for Card RestorationProfessional card restoration for Pokémon, TCG and sports cards. We restore your cards without altering what makes them original.
What we restore
Same bench, same standards, whatever is printed on the front.
Expert technicians
Years of experience with high-value cards.
Advanced tools & tech
Industry leading equipment for safe, effective restoration.
Original value preserved
We enhance appearance without altering authenticity.
Safe & secure shipping
Insured shipping both ways for your peace of mind.
10–14 business days turnaround
Fast, reliable, and focused on quality.
Whitening is the white paper core showing through where ink has worn off an edge or corner. It is physical loss, not dirt. The only way to make it disappear is to put colour back — and that is ink, that is alteration, and it will get your card flagged. So we don't. We tell you before you send it.
Why collectors trust us
Grading outcomes are determined solely by the grading company. We do not guarantee grades.
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Every restoration filmed start to finish, including the ones we tell people not to bother with.
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Whitening on Pokémon cards can't be fixed
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This Umbreon VMAX was coloured in and altered
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It's Not MAGIC - It's Patience
Same card. Same value.
Before
After
Representative result. We don't guarantee grades.
1. Submit
Send us your card and choose your restoration level.
2. Evaluate
We inspect your card and confirm the best restoration plan.
3. Restore
Expert technicians restore your card with precision.
4. Quality check
Every card is inspected to meet our high standards.
5. Secure ship
Your card is safely returned, insured both ways.
6. Enjoy
Your card arrives looking the best it can be.
Shipping insurance
We insure submissions through Cabrella, a specialist high-value shipping insurer — the same insurer PSA uses for inbound grading submissions.
Carrier cover is written for parcels and struggles to value an ungraded card. Cabrella values raw cards through Beckett and Card Ladder, so yours is assessed on what it is actually worth.
Thousands of cards restored
5-star reviews from collectors
100% satisfaction guarantee
Collector owned & operated
Arrived
Returned
A card we were told to give up on
I honestly didn’t think this card would look this good again.
I’ve had this card for years and honestly thought the damage was too far gone to do anything about. It had a noticeable crease, some surface issues, and just looked tired from years of being stored away.
I sent it to Mint Workshop not really knowing what to expect. They explained what they could realistically improve before starting, which I really appreciated. When I got the card back, I was honestly shocked at the difference. The crease was dramatically reduced, the surface looked so much cleaner, and the whole card just looked way better.
What impressed me most was that it still looked like my card. They didn’t make it look fake or overworked. They brought it back to a condition I genuinely didn’t think was possible.
For a card I had almost given up on, seeing it come back like that was pretty incredible. I’m definitely sending more cards to Mint Workshop.
Michael R.Add the card and the services
The work log
Real customer cards, real results. Hover any card to see how it arrived.
What we do
Restoration has limits, and we'd rather you know them before you ship. Solid squares are what a service improves. Hollow squares are what it won't.
The binder line that catches light at an angle. We relax the fibers and bring the surface back toward flat without lifting or bleaching the print.
Dents don't show head-on — they show as shadows the second the light tilts. This is the fix for the flaw you can only find with a flashlight.
Hairline scratches on holo and foil that only appear when the card tilts. We reduce the scatter so the holo reads clean from every angle.
Corners and edges are two of the four subgrades, and they're the two most often lost to handling rather than age. We rebuild soft corners and clean up edge chipping and fraying.
Included with Full Service. Surface residue, fingerprints and album film come off, then the card goes through controlled humidity and pressure until it sits truly flat.
Already in a slab? We open it safely, do the work, and hand the card back ready to resubmit. You keep control of the submission and the grading account.
Questions
Still unsure? Message us with a photo of the card and we'll give you a straight answer on whether it's worth doing.
Grading companies distinguish between conservation and alteration. We use non-destructive methods only — no trimming, no recoloring, no chemical bleaching, nothing added to the card. That said, grading is at the sole discretion of the grading company and we don't guarantee outcomes. If we think a card is a bad candidate, we'll tell you before you ship it.
14–20 business days end to end for standard submissions, faster on higher tiers. That clock starts when your cards arrive, not when you place the order. If we're running behind, your tracker says so — we'd rather tell you than let you wonder.
Toggle the slab option in the submission form and add the cracking fee. We open the holder safely, do the restoration work, and return the raw card in fresh protection ready for you to resubmit.
No — and that's deliberate. You create the submission yourself, directly with PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC, TAG or whoever you prefer. You keep control of the account, the declared value and the returned slab. We prepare the card for it.
After you submit, we email you a prepaid FedEx label with packing instructions. Coverage is set by your value tier and protects the card during restoration and round-trip shipping. You can raise the ceiling with extended insurance at checkout.
Yes. Every card is photographed at intake and logged against a barcode. Your submission tracker shows the photos and the stage your order is in, from received through shipped back.
Start a submission and we'll email you a prepaid label. If your card isn't a good candidate, we'll tell you before you ship it.
