ASMR Pokemon Card Repair #6: Giovanni's Nidoking Scratched BAD!

Cracking my vintage slab to get better grades. Episode six. Giovani's Neidato King. Got a PSA 9 on this. Pretty good, but uh I see some scratches on it from outside the case. So, I think we can do better. Now, PSA 9 is worth about $200, but if we can get this to a 10, that's almost 10xes the value. So, we're looking at $1,500 to $1,700 in a PSA 10. Let's take a look. Yeah, immediately I can see some scratches on the hollow. They look kind of deep, so I'm a little bit unsure of that one. Uh, we got a horizontal scratch here on the gold part. Looks a little bit lighter. The edges and the rest of the card look fantastic. So, I don't think we have to do any kind of flattening or paper work here. So, let's gather our materials. I'm using Kirk's card spray polish and recovery. Links are in the description for all of these products if you guys want to try this yourself. I recommend using microfiber cloths as well. We're going to start off by doing a cleaning. Card looks pretty clean, but you never know. I just want to make sure there's nothing on the surface that I might be [snorts] accidentally rubbing into the card. I've had some bad experiences with that in the past. And soon I will do a video about errors and mistakes and what not to do. So stay tuned for that. I've got my brush, sponge, brush, loaded up with some polish, and I'm going to go ahead and do a first pass on some of these scratches here. With the recovery, we always do multiple light passes because it is very easy to overdo the recovery as it does remove material from the card and you can burn through the hollow. So, after our first pass, we've got a greatly diminished visual scratch on the top and our bottom scratch is also still there, but again, much lighter. So, that's good news. We'll go ahead and hit it with a second round. I try to do perpendicular motion. So, if the scratch is horizontal, I want to hit it vertically up and down. And I do polish the rest of the hollow just to make sure that there is an even finish to the card in general. Let's take a look at what happened with round two. Right off the bat, it's uh quite difficult to see these scratches, but they do still exist on the top. And I found a new one I didn't notice before. It's kind of going diagonal there. We'll touch that next time. And I'm pretty sure the bottom scratch is gone, but uh even though I don't have a visual, sometimes it can be hard to see at certain angles. So, I will hit that one more time as well. And this time I'm going to use very targeted circular polishing motions on all three areas. You want to make sure that you have a lot of the recovery polish on the card. I found that that helps quite a bit in achieving the end goal. And I have the lights set up on this camera set up specifically so that you can see how much material is on the card. I don't really feel doing I don't really feel comfortable doing another round of polish. I rather the recovery. So, I'm going to go ahead and hit it with the actual polish to finish this up and we'll hopefully see a finished result with no scratches. Now, the polish does just that. It adds a nice shine to the product. It may help hide visibility of some very light scratches, but I don't think that's applicable for any of the scratches we were dealing with. I'll put a before shot up in the top right corner so you can see the dramatic difference here. And our bottom scratch is also completely gone before picture for reference. So, this was a massive success in my book. We'll go ahead and ship this one out. PSA has been getting pretty tight lately. I just received an order of 90 vintage non rare cards back and not a single one got 10. So, we'll see. Good luck to the Neato King. Cool Pokemon. Very cool card. Please subscribe. I'll see you guys on the next one. Take care.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/slabrehab_yt/ Materials used: Kurts care kit https://amzn.to/3JnLaDd Kurts Recovery: https://amzn.to/4706s2O Can I turn a PSA9 into a PSA 10? 👀 In today’s video, I crack open a vintage 1st Edition Giovanni's Nidoking from the the 2000 Gym Challenge set and attempt to polish, restore, and resubmit it to PSA for a PSA 10 grade. Using a mix of professional card polishes, microfiber techniques, and surface restoration tools, I’ll test whether it’s really possible to improve the condition of a graded Pokémon card — or if it’s just a myth. 📦 What’s Inside the Video: Cracking a PSA 9 slab safely Examining surface scratches and condition Using card polish and restoration tools for clarity Re-evaluating the card’s centering, corners, and edges Dent removal and Flattening a curved card 🔥 Why Watch? If you’ve ever wondered whether card restoration, slab cracking, or PSA resubmission can pay off, this experiment shows the risks, techniques, and real results. Perfect for Pokémon collectors, card graders, and anyone into PSA, BGS, or CGC card flipping. 💬 Drop a comment: Would YOU risk cracking a PSA9 to chase the 10? 👍 Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications if you enjoy card restoration experiments, PSA submission tips, and Pokémon investment content. #PokemonCards #PSA10 #CardRestoration #Venusaur #PSAResubmission #CardCollecting #PokémonTCG #PSA #SlabCracking #CardGrading #VintagePokemon #BaseSet #PSA9To10 #Collectibles #TradingCards