Wood Warping Emergency - 1920 spool bed matching dresser drawer liner

Completely stupid. I have a high boy dresser that came with my 1920 Sligh Furniture mahogany four poster spool bed (Dated by tag). I put some slightly wet socks in one of the drawers, which is sealed so I thought it would be okay. Well it warped the thin wood liner under the drawer. @James Conrad and @verybrad I need your help. What can I do to correct the warping?

 

You mean the "dust board" not the drawer bottom itself?

 

is that what its called? the drawer is fine but the dust board is warped about an inch in two places. it is thin. now you mention it I realized that I stuffed some wet things in the drawer below it too. dryer on the fritz

 

LOL @ dryer on the fritz! Well, unless it's rubbing drawer i would LEAVE IT BE. It might go back on it's own accord.

 

Thank you. I'll stop panicking!

 

Yeah, good idea and goes without saying, water & wood don't work well together!

 

I don't know what I was thinking. I love my bed and dresser and wouldn't harm them for the world. Water bad. Listen to James.

 

Wait for Brad, he may have some ideas on repair of warping.

 

Will do. Right now I've taken the drawers out to let it dry.

 

Don't think there is much you can do other than wait for it to dry. Hard to tell what is going on from the pic provided. If bowing up, you might try putting some weight on it as it dries. Otherwise, if the warping doesn't affect drawer operation, it is not that big of a deal.

 

Thanks very much for weighing. It’s bowed up. I think I cut a piece of plywood to size and put bricks on top what do you think?

 

Can't hurt!

 

Thanks for chiming in Dave. It's not the drawer, but I applied the same principle you recommended to the bowed up side of the dust board.

 

Thank you all for all your advice. I really appreciate it. Hopefully it will go down. The warping impedes the operation of one of the top drawers.

 

This thing is massive with a large mirror on top that probably hasn't been removed in a hundred years. I don't have your muscles. Unless you want to come across the pond and help

 

I'll give that a try. I'll have to wait until my neighbor comes home. He has different tools