flattening posters?

[NIBOT]

Does anyone have a trick for flattening out prints that have been rolled up and shipped through the mail? I'm hoping someone will be able to shed some light on some technique i don't know about to uncurl my new prints without damaging them.

[hartman]

You could roll them up in the opposite way they were originally rolled... or put some big ol' books on 'em for a while. Do people still have books?

[mistersmith]

Go to expressobeans.com and search around. Lots of talk about this.

Put 'em in a flatfile drawer with books on top. Face down so if a corner pops up you don't fuck it up opening a drawer. Then wait a few weeks or months.

[caribou]

i put them in my flatfile under a pile of other prints that are already flattened out.

[steve w]

frame it

[jefmcc]

I take them out of the tube and just stand the print up on it's side. The curl of the paper keeps it up. I leave it this way for a few days , and it allows the paper to acclimate, and slowly relax.

For some prints, I will put them in a flat box (bascially between two peices of cardboard).

For the most part, I just leave them in the tube until I'm ready to frame.

[miklay]

4 pint glasses on each of the corners works pretty well.

[lil_tuffy]

Rent a steam roller. Maybe go in with a friend to save some money.

[mikeage]

turn the shower on hot, let it run for a few minutes. put the poster on a hanger and place it on a hook in the bathroom. the steam should flatten it in a couple of minutes. i do this all the time with suits when i check into a hotel. gets the wrinkles right out. i'm sure it would work with posters too.

[JRDillGC]

You could roll them up in the opposite way they were originally rolled... or put some big ol' books on 'em for a while. Do people still have books?

Just put a Nook on one end and your Kindle on the other.