My son just spilled water all over my book. I used a blow dryer turning the pages one by one. Then I used a flatiron, for straightening hair, to smooth out the pages in bunches, then one by one. Now the book with warm, ironed pages is under my mattress between two thin hardcover books. It looks great and it took about 45 minutes.

Got three books from a professor, then walked through the rain. I really hope this works.

So far, these methods do not work on Kobo or Kindle. Next I'll try a Nook and PocketBook

this is why my university doesn't let the books leave the library.

Thank you so much! My drawing book got wet with my most prized drawings and now i can stop crying over a wrinkled book

I dont know if this has happened to anybody else, but i was reading a book, and left it in my bed, so i could go do something else, and at the time, it was rainy season so the moisture in the air of my house was pretty high and we didnt have anything to get rid of it. So 10 minutes later, when i come back, my books pages are all wobbly and distorted, as if it was wet, but it was just due to the moisture in the air. The book was brand new so you can imagine how confused and mad i was.

Me: wait for a day until some water drips out/somewhat dry outside the proceed to- iron the page you want to open a bit to make it semi-dry so that it's easier to work with/don't rip as easily or stick too much, open it carefully, dry that page completely & straight! repeat until the end.

This was such a weirdly heart warming video. I loved the care you chose to offer to a wet and frazzled book instead of just writing it off. My favourite bit was the wrapped up bricks. Gold!

My 2 year old just knocked over her water bottle all over my BRAND NEW BOOK (I got it yesterday!) I tried blow drying it but the pages got wrinkled, kind of hard/crunchy, and look like it may have shrunk! I’m going to do my best to flatten the pages and press it for a few days or else try my hand at ironing them like some of the comments say, I hope that helps!

My paperback is already a fan, I guess the only solution is to dump it into a bucket of water and then do the steps that you outlined.

Girl: put a paper between every 10 or 20 pages..

The level of the love these people put for the book is amazing.

I came here to learn how to repair my wet books not to start crying 😭😭😭 beautiful video, ty!

If your book has shiny paper pages, it's likely coated with clays which cohere strongly upon drying. Voila -- glued together until rewetted. Uncoated paper is usually only affected by swelling/wrinkling. But if the back of the text block, underneath the spine, absorbed much water, you can help it and the spine too by poking a paper towel in there when the book is (carefully) open.

Nice and Practical. We don't realize at times that all paper is born in water and can recover if managed well.

Thank you for showing such a great way to repair a wet book. After seeing this video I repaired my antique book. I had to do it twice but amazingly it came out great. I'll browse your other videos to see if you have one in removing mold or foxing. Thanks

Thanks a lot for your help ! My piano teacher lent me a music training book. A water bottle spilled where it was sitting. It had a cap but I didn't know it wasn't waterproof. The bottle "dripped" onto some papers that were on the book, but by capillary action the water reached the book. All the pages were damp, not enough to put the blotters on, but thanks to you I thought about putting a fan. It is dry, all that remains is to put it under the press to put the pages back into shape. I will be able to return a book in good condition to my teacher who is so kind.

Thank you for this video. I like to buy used books, and while I am unsure if they are water damaged (no wavy pages), they are definitely bent out of shape lol. I guess I didnt think about pressing a book to the extent of a book presser. Seeing the water damaged book being flattened out made me realize I never put enough weights on my books when I pressed them. Now I have a book with random other things on top of it pressing it down as much as the book presser did to that book (or at least close enough!). Thank you!!

I feel so happy for the book as a bibliophile and as a librarian

The fact that a book press was made is very sad......those poor books