I'd suggest not rushing it - they have been glued for over half a century, no need to settle for partial paper loss quite yet. I've used a good thorough soak with warm distilled water to get through the scrapbook paper and loosen the glue. Paper should slide right off. An overnight soak would be way too long. I've had success with 10 to 20 min bath then removing all glue residue by using a razor blade to carefully scrape the residue off (almost like a mini cabinet scraper). IMO, getting the glue off w/o removing card stock is not the real tough part. Getting the card to dry properly w/o curling can be difficult. It just depends on the glue used and stock of the card. I've had great success w 1941 bowman's (great paper that dries well) and then terrible results w the same process on '52 topps stock. Keep tweekn your process on those commons & best of luck.
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