Is there any way to remove the water so that the cards won’t be stained or wrinkled?

Question

My baseball card collection got wet and many, if not all, of my cards are saturated and sticking together. Is there any way to remove the water so that the cards won’t be stained or wrinkled? Should I keep them wet until I find a solution? I probably only have about 24 hours left or so to fix this…

Answer 1

Gently unstick them from each other, dab off the excess water with a paper towel and use a hair dry on low and gently dry each card for about half a minute.  Air drying it would allow any water that permeated through the card to ruin the printing, so it's best to probably use the hair dryer.

Answer 2

use some paper towels - a lot of them and gently dry each one-by-one. Do it as soon as possible or the cards will be ruined for good.

Answer 3

Ouch! That's a tough break.

At this point, I think your best bet is to gently separate them and let them dry at room temp. You definitely don't want them to dry stuck together but keeping them wet is only going to cause them to deteriorate.

Hopefully, the best will be ok.

Good luck!