How to Flatten Crumpled Paper

There's something you desperately need on a piece of paper or you need to give someone else a piece of paper, but the paper is horribly crumpled. Rather than giving the person the crumpled paper, you can try flattening it out.

Instructions

1. Get out your iron. Spray a little water onto the paper and set the iron onto a low setting. Gently iron the paper, watching out for burning. You can also put a dishtowel over the paper and then iron the dishtowel to protect the paper and prevent burning.

2. Set your iron to a steam setting if you're worried about the ink on the paper running if the paper gets wet. Hold the iron a few inches away from the paper to smooth away any of the wrinkles.

3. Try sprinkling a little water onto the paper and then placing it between blotter paper sheets or wool felt sheets. Place a piece of wood over the top of the paper and blotter paper sheets to flatten the crumpled paper.

4. Put the paper between two large books for a week or two to flatten the crumpled paper, if time is not an issue.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the paper is clean before spraying water on it as this will cause the dirt to turn into mud. Mud's difficult if not impossible to remove from paper.