Old manual got wet

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Sep 2 17:27:00 2003

Is it "solid" or can you open the pages at all? If it's solid the only
thing that I've been able to do is to soak them and peel the pages off one
by one, IF I COULD! They usually come apart in pieces. If it has slick
pages then they're probably coated with fine clay to give them the smooth
surface. I've NEVER been able to get one of those apart. Even ones that are
only sticking in spots will usually pull the coating (with pictures and
text) off of one of the pages.

  The best bet is to open it and dry it BEFORE it dries in a solid mass.
I've had good luck rescuing wet manuals. I open them and set them in front
of a fan and dry them out. I keep opening it to different pages both to dry
it evenly and to separate the pages before they're permanently stuck
together. If I can, I stand it on edge and set the fan where it will flip
the pages around. That saves me a good bit of manual labor. But you need to
open it to EVERY page and make sure that none of them are stuck together.
The secret is NOT to let them dry out on their own. If they do then some or
all of the page will stick together. I've never had much luck getting them
apart after they're dried.

    Joe

At 03:49 PM 9/2/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>here is the problem:
>I have an old manual which spent some time in water, and now after it
>dried out, I have more or less just a piece of wood :(
>So, how do you guys deal with something like that ? Put it in water
>again, and try to remove page after page ?
>Any better ideas ?
>
>cheers
Received on Tue Sep 02 2003 - 17:27:00 BST