Tried using PVA glue straight from the bottle for a repair and it warped the page

I didn't thin it with water first, and now I've got a permanent ripple. Anyone know a good method for fixing this, or should I just redo the whole sheet?

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alicebarnes1d ago

Oh man, that exact thing happened to me on a cookbook page last year. I ended up putting it under a heavy stack of books for a week and it helped a little, but the ripple never fully went away.

the_lucas1d ago

Ugh, that's the worst feeling. @alicebarnes is right that weight can help, but a week under books might not be enough for a bad warp. You gotta get some moisture back into that paper to relax the fibers. Try putting a damp cloth, not wet, just damp, on the back of the page and then press it under something really heavy for like two weeks. It's a slow fix but it can pull a lot of that ripple out.