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I just received two beautiful rosettes from LMI and they have what can best be called, a wrinkle in them. Will this smooth out when I apply glue and clamp pressure? Should I spritz them now with a little water and lightly weight them as you do with wrinkled veneer?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards, Steve

set it on concrete over night,

Steve,
Do you mean like a potato chip? If so, just some weight will do it. But if you are talking a ripple in the lines, then you could heat it with an iron(not too high of a temp)then press it out and add weight. If you get the temp too high, it could melt the glue and it could fall apart. Be careful.
Tracy

Michael,

Thanks and I will try it but this wrinkle is within the cross section, not side to side. I'll let you know tomorrow.

Steve

Tracy,

Ripple across the lines.

I'm going to put it in my humid room on the concrete floor and let it stabilize before I do anything drastic.

Thanks, Stevesfbrown38777.6946875

I would try placing it between two flat surfaces with a weight on top.

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John is probably right, I was thinking cupped the concrete my not help

as a little followup, I called LMI. I probably should have done that at the beginning! Well, A very nice lady explained to me that the rosettes aren't as brittle as they seem at first and she encouraged me to lay it on a flat surface and push it flat. Well, I did and it went flat with a little effort but not undue effort. She said that working them in was not uncommon. I think I will put them under weight tonight and check results in the morning.

Thanks for the input!

Steve