Best Way to Flatten

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Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:31 am

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Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:48 am

I need one of those too
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:25 pm

wow, that chick ironing has a HUGE ass.
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:25 pm

thegig wrote:
ChefFerrari wrote:where do you find those weighted "bean" bags I see at the framers ?
believe it or not, we make 'em. ;) You can also stack pieces of glass and wrap it in tape, paper and fabric.
Can someone post a pic of the "bean" bag type weights? I'd like to make some, but I don't know what they look like. Also, what do the fill them with? Do they really use dry beans?
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:41 pm

Thanks for all the info. I got a science fair board and some acid free paper at the store and am using those, its just taking a while. I read some stuff online about rolling the poster the opposite direction of the existing curve but that sounds dangerous so Ill just let time run its course.
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:27 pm

IWish wrote:
thegig wrote:
ChefFerrari wrote:where do you find those weighted "bean" bags I see at the framers ?
believe it or not, we make 'em. ;) You can also stack pieces of glass and wrap it in tape, paper and fabric.
Can someone post a pic of the "bean" bag type weights? I'd like to make some, but I don't know what they look like. Also, what do the fill them with? Do they really use dry beans?
never purchased from them before but they sell them at cutting-mats.net
here are the weight bags they have.
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they also have leather weights
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:50 pm

Hey thanks, cro. Perfect!
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:53 am

best way to flatten is to put beanbags in the 4 corners upon taking it out of the tube. then when its not wanting to curl up on itself, put it in your portfolio, then close your portfolio. it'll be pancake flat pretty soon.
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:02 am

Wow!
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:55 pm

And man, let me tell you...Chuck's poster for TRPS this weekend is fuggin' SICK!
"lance wrote:drymount, man, this is better than Disneyland! chef wrote: I used to think if I died in an evil place, then my soul wouldn't be able to make it to Heaven. But now? drymount! I mean, I don't care where it goes, as long as it ain't here.
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:57 pm

I have a boner right now.
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Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:12 pm

Just put some posters in-between acid free foam board with binder clips...have people found that additional weight is needed or do the posters flatten pretty well just on their own within the foam?

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Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:27 pm

i find that a good way to start the flattening is to cover the print in paper and roll it back on itself around the tube it came in, hold it there for a minute and then stick it in a folder and put weight on it
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Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:54 pm

i go ahead and throw em right inside these archival print protectors....30"x40"
and i leave em there for storage.
they are excellent...

http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount- ... ectors.htm
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Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:15 pm

for larger prints i like to hang them with clips in the shower with me. ...twenty minutes of steam and then put the poster between two pieces of particle or pressed board and run over it with the car a few times.

after that your print is "mint" and ready for ebay!
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