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   user-172496 | Jan 22, 2009 06:51pm | #1

   Good Morning Atavus !!  I am almost in the same boat as you, the only is, I am dealing with mahogany, and it is new. In my case it is for a table top. I did cut my mahogany into strips. Once it was installed on the table, it cuped even more. I was told ( on another forum to get a wet towel and lay it over the stock and install a 45 lb weight over and leave it for a week. Now I have not gone back to look at it, but I will do that to night.

   All the best.

   Jack

    

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   TaunTonMacoute | Jan 22, 2009 07:01pm | #2

   Assuming you are sure you aren't ruining an extremely valuable antique, put a damp towel on the concave side.  Iron the towel until the board straightens out.  Reattach it immediately.  It will probably cup again, but maybe not as severely.  Who knows what it's been exposed to over the years. 

    

    

   
   

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   Edited 1/22/2009 11:03 am ET by TaunTonMacoute

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   Atavus | Jan 22, 2009 07:25pm | #3

   I'm pretty sure it's not an extremely valuable antique, so I'll try your suggestion. It should help a lot that the board is unfinished.

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   TaunTonMacoute | Jan 22, 2009 09:30pm | #4

   Give it a go.You're just steaming it flat. It's possible to over do it and have it cup the other way, into the heart side instead of away from it. Just watch what's going on. If you overdo it, just let it sit (where air can reach both sides). It'll straighten back out.

   Edited 1/22/2009 1:31 pm ET by TaunTonMacoute

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   DustyGeorge | Jan 23, 2009 05:58am | #5

   Atavus,

   As an alternative to using a damp towel to force moisture into the concave side, you might try to place a fan so it blows across the convex side to pull moisture out.

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