The Mint Workshop®#1 Rated for Card RestorationServices
Restoration has real limits. Every service below lists both sides, because you deserve to know before you pay for shipping.
The full list
Most cards need three or four of these. If you're not sure which, choose Full Service and we'll apply what the card actually needs.
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 are one of the four subgrades and the one most often lost to handling rather than age. We rebuild softness and definition without adding material.
Built for grails and modern SIRs where edge presentation carries the grade. Chipping, nicks and the rough-cut fuzz that shows up white against a dark border.
Surface residue, fingerprints, album film and the haze that builds up on cards stored in old plastic. Non-solvent methods only.
Cards go through controlled humidity and temperature until they sit truly flat and stay that way. This is a staged process, not a press.
Already graded and you want it better before a resubmit? We open the holder safely and return the raw card ready to go back in.
Pre-submission inspection against your target grading company's standards, plus grading-ready protection on return. You keep the submission under your own account.
Full Service
Full Service applies every relevant treatment in the correct order, so you don't have to diagnose your own card from a phone photo. It's what we'd pick if the card were ours.
What we take
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.
Base Set through current sets, Japanese and English. Alt arts, SIRs, gold cards, vintage holos.
Vintage through modern across every major sport, including pre-war and mid-century stock that needs a gentler hand.
Hobby shops and dealers run bulk lots through Mint Workshop Pro with volume pricing and drop-off intake.
Send us a photo before you ship. We'll tell you what we'd do and whether it's worth doing.
