Drying out books?

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today I bought a novel at a yard sale, but it got wet in the rain.

What is the best way to dry it with least wrinkles and damage?

Thanks in advance

 

[El_Machinae]

Is it really wet? If only one side is wet, place it face down on a towel and place another book on top of it (to prevent the pages from wrinkling)

 

[Kozmos]

Sleep with it. Your love will make it warm and dry again.

 

[emzie]

Put newspaper inbetween wet pages, put a heavy book on top of it.

 

[Firstlady]

Put newspaper inbetween wet pages, put a heavy book on top of it.

Won't the ink on the newpaper smear the already wet ink on the book?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It's pretty wet, all of it is wet. And I tried thenewspaper thing before, it made the book unreadable

 

[GinandTonic]

Stick it under something heavy. No newspaper. Think the weight of a smallish TV, a stack of very large books or whatever.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

thanks

I'm just curious here, what happens if you microwave a wet book? I don't want to try.

 

[GinandTonic]

Not sure. Post a photo. My money is on a lot of wavey wrinkles.

 

[Souron]

If newspaper doesn't work, I would try saran wrap, but I've never tried either.

 

[Urederra]

It's pretty wet, all of it is wet. And I tried thenewspaper thing before, it made the book unreadable

Use tissue paper instead.

 

[soul_warrior]

pressure it into drying (under a few volumes of brittanica?)
dont micro it!

another thing you can do, if its that far gone, is try to put in the oven.
lowest possible temprature!
fan heat NOT GRILL!
you dont want your house burnt down!
that is a doomsday mathod though.

in my experience, a book with a 50% and more water damage has little chance of survival.

id be ready to buy a new copy.

and put it in a bag this time
preferably not a plastic one either....

 

[Tee Kay]

Just let it dry. Even if it's wrinkly you can still read it right?

There's not much you can do if it's totally wet.

 

[Eli]

The real question is: how do I remove that smell some books have?

 

[Tee Kay]

The real question is: how do I remove that smell some books have?

Dip the book in perfume.

Simple, logical and practical solution! (not really)