Re: [BKARTS] Kinky Paper

[Scott Teplin <teplin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Kathy G.
Yeah - it'd be too easy to re-crimp it in new places. The other tricky 
part is that it has lots of watercolor on it that I don't want to screw 
up (http://www.teplin.com/sketch_2006/pent_color.JPG). I think I can 
localize the water spraying parts away from the image area with some 
sort of masking. Next time I'm going to be way more careful while 
working on it.
-Scott Teplin

On Sep 4, 2006, at 8:18 PM, Kathleen Garness wrote:

> I spray it with a light, fine mist on both sides of the paper at the 
> kink
> and maybe half an inch on either side, to soften it up; let it sit for 
> ten
> minutes or so to absorb, and then carefully iron the backside of the 
> paper.
> You will need to find a piece of white cloth like a cotton bedsheet 
> and put
> it under your paper; put the paper flat, drawing side down, on the 
> floor or
> other hard, large, heat resistant working surface, and put another 
> piece of
> white cotton fabric between the iron and the paper and then carefully 
> iron
> it on a low to medium setting. You can also place a weighted board on 
> top of
> the paper to press it but I have not tried that method too often; I'm 
> too
> impatient. Be careful of your edges - this almost sounds like a 
> two-person
> job, handling the paper. What you don't want to do is make more crimps,
> which is really easy to do with that size.
>
> Kathy G
>
> on 9/4/06 2:03 PM, Scott Teplin at teplin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any proven methods for getting rid of kinks from 
> > watercolor
> > paper? I have a few accidental fold kinks on this 52" x 52" drawing I
> > just completed - some up to 3 inches long (Fabriano Artistico #140
> > (bright white) hot press).
> > Thanks-
> > -Scott Teplin
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