Manually pre-compressing a panel... was Soundboard drydown for installation

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Ric asks:
<< why hasn't anyone tried pre-compressing a 

panel so as to push it way past its compression limits... essentially 

taking future compression set out of the picture entirely... and then 

build a RC&S assembly with the thing ?  >>

I would guess that it would lose something on the cellular level after the 
first huge dose of humidity really compressed the fibers.  



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