Absorene Book Cleaner and Dirt Eraser (Bundle- 2 Items) for Cleaning Dirt and Dust Off Books and Documents

I was skeptical that this product would work, but I needed something non-abrasive to clean dirt & light markings off of my comic books. This product was recommend by many people, so I decided to give it a try. This really works amazing! Truly. I wasn't very keen on the price of the product initially, but after using it—I can see that this product is absolutely indispensable and a must-have. The product description says this is unscented, but be aware that the sponge eraser has a very strong rubber chemical scent. Likewise, the putty has a very strong odor that's reminiscent of Play-Doh. Overall, this product is excellent and works as described. This works best for light stains, and gentle use—especially on comic books.

Super well known product that just does it's job. It's not for aggressive cleaning and is not designed for that.

Someone gave us a very old, discolored book with minimal spots of mildew, but it mainly just looked dirty. So ordered this set. The sponge seemed to work the best. I tore a couple of pages using the stuff in the tub....I say stuff because when I opened it up, it smelled exactly like play doh. Not just a little. Exactly. I had my husband close his eyes and asked him to sniff and tell me what it was and he said play doh. That being said, it worked fine on the cover. It crumbles and gets all over the place, but it turned the stuff black so I know it was removing dirt. I felt it was overpriced as well.

I wonder how big of a secret these products are? They work very well and I only wish I had discovered them decades ago. Have an grungy postcard: let Absorene clean it!

The products are ok but not great. The “sponge” gets dirty quickly but I have no idea if it can be washed. The cleaning “dough” reminds me of playdoh. It works only fairly to clean my books. The “sponge” works better. I am on the hunt...the products arrived quickly and in good order.

Recently purchased some older periodicals that were wet at some point and had some issues with dirty and mildew. I used this product kit to thoroughly clean each and every page of the periodicals, which were about 50 separate magazines with about 100 pages each. It was a bit of a process to say the least, but these products works very well for what I needed them for, which was removal of dirt and mildew staining. I would buy it again and recommend it to others.

This is a pretty awesome product for cleaning dirt and grime off of valuable comics or books. I practiced on older, tattered comic books and found it to work very well. It's a slow process as the play-dough/silly-putty type material incrementally cleans as it lifts off dirt and some stains. So using this requires patience. Absorene works excellently when used with a Magic Eraser sponge. You take off the bulk of the grime with the Magic Eraser (CAREFUL: Magic Erasers are extremely abrasive and can easily damage the paper), then remove more dirt with the Absorene putty. Alternating between the 2 (Magic Eraser - Absorene - Magic Eraser - Absorene) gave me the best results. The Absorene picks up the dust generated by the Magic Eraser, so use the Absorene last.

I used this on some comic books a few times and it worked WONDERFULLY. No issues there. The only issue I have is the fungus that grew inside the tub after one month.