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4. Set the book on the foam core and fan its pages as much as possible. If unable to fan all the pages, open the container periodically to fan sections that weren’t previously exposed. Note that if the book does not fit under the tub vertically, it can be carefully set up horizontally, with the pages fanned.

  

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