How To Flatten Unwrinkle A Drafting Mat

The heat of the iron will melt the tape and cause a sticky unsightly mess.

How to flatten unwrinkle a drafting mat.

In the winter it may be more like 7 days or longer. Gravity will get the mat to behave though. If you don t have an ironing board handy you can set the photograph on a large flat surface such as a kitchen table or even on a flat hard floor. Finally i put it back in the hot car with the roll up.

The mat is the picture above relaxed in about two days. Lay your map or poster down on a. If the corners of the rug are curling curl them backward flatten them back out and place weights in just the corners of the rug. That can be problematic because the edges then want to stay curled up instead of laying flat.

How to flatten a rolled map or poster. Check it every day and replace the absorbent material if it seems damp. Then sandwich the paper between 2 layers of blotting paper or wool felt and weight it down between 2 books. Avoid ironing over areas that have been taped.

It s best to do this in the afternoon on a 75 to 80 degree. 1 046 i left mine rolled up in a hot car and had the devil of a time straightening it out. To flatten crumpled paper mist it very lightly with distilled water to loosen the paper s fibers without making the paper hard. What happens with the razer goliathus extended mousepads is that the rgb stripe that is held by the stitching around the mousepad moves around making it loo.

By rerolling the item in the opposite direction of the curl you can fix a curling problem. Spread the rug over a clean concrete or asphalt slab such as your driveway on a sunny day. Although there are many different types of plastic mats from exercise mats to floor protectors they likely come packaged or are stored in the same way. You should be able to see a drastic difference in about 24 hours and the mat will typically lat flat at 72 degrees f in about 3 full days.

This is not a quick cure but i still have the mat and it is still flat. Link to our tips for framing blog mentioned in. Maps and posters are hard to put on the wall when they refuse to lay flat. Step 4 if your rug still won t lie flat apply some heat to it.

01 08 2010 05 30 pm 4 shequilts. Charlie shows what s involved in flattening a road map for framing. Keep doing it until entire mat is flat and covered with heavy books.