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Smoothing creases on rice paper

Innocent accidents in handling rice paper may give the paper creases. The creases are harmless to the paper. For loose folds, roll the paper up. The paper will cure itself up. If the paper is used for art, the work will be eventually flattened through mounting. If the paper is used for crafts such as lantern, lightly spray water over the finished project. The paper will dry flat. If just a flat sheet is wanted, try either way below.

  1. To flatten the whole sheet of paper, dampen the paper with water. Thin Elmer's glue into a liquid that is just sticky enough to stand the shrinkage of the paper. Apply the glue to edges of the paper, and then mount the paper over a flat surface such as wood floor or dry wall. The paper will dry as flat as from papermaker's fire wall if you have handled it properly.
  2. For small creases a warm iron may work. Set the iron to medium hot. Lay the rice paper to be smoothed on an iron board, moving the iron towards the edge of the paper with little pressure. Never set the iron too hot. High temperature will burn the paper. The Chinese used to put a pot filled with hot water over the paper to smooth it down.
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