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Originally Posted by Leon
For the warpage I would try the first thing you said, get the back moist and set something on it for a while.
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This is working (checked and stuck back under the books). Not sure I would try it on thinner prints, but great for this one.
It looks nice enough now that I will stop messing with it, but I found a restoration place in Seattle that does good work, so that's an option for the future. If the signature was better (darker), it would probably be worth doing the additional work.
Updated May 30 with final results: Not sure this would work with thin photos, but it worked great with this double-thick Burke.
- choose a very flat surface and place photo face down onion-skin paper (since I have a bunch)
- squeeze water carefully on the back, not getting so close to the edge that it might go over when pressed with books
- let sit for a few minutes, then soak off standing water with soft cloth
- place 3 sheets of typing paper over back of photo
- stack large, heavy books on top and let sit for 4-5 hours
- repeat the above, replacing typing paper, until photo is almost flat (2-4 times)
- once photo is pretty much flat, repeat the above without adding water, until photo is completely dry.
potential problems: if the water seeps over the edge of the photo and gets on the surface, you've got a problem. I did this on one of the repetitions, so had to attempt to dry the front top edge as much as possible, as the water on the back caused the photo to curl. It worked, but when I pulled the print out from under the books 3 hours later, it was stuck to the onion-skin paper. Didn't do any damage, but the potential was there.