Recommendations on safely flattening rolled posters

[J.D. Lombardi]

I'm finally to the point in my new(ish) home where it is time to start really decorating the rooms with pop culture fun. All my posters are rolled and I was just looking for some recommendations on an easy way to safely flatten them out so that I can frame them.

If it uses common household items, all the better.

Sorry if this may have been posted already!

[Darev]

I took my American Pie poster out of storage this week and have to flatten it out as well. I put it in one of my poster frames and am going to keep it in there until I need it in May to take to a comic convention. Shannon Elizabeth and Mena Suvari are going to be there signing! I'm tempted to take an American Beauty poster as well.

[Jim Shorts]

Just lay it down on a flat surface with the rolled side facing down and let gravity take it's course. I've had cardstock posters rolled up and after a few days, they're almost flat.

If you have the frame or a cardboard box, you can always lay it on top to speed it up.

[persuazion]

I lay it flat and put 4 glasses on the corners and leave it like that for about 8 hours then I put it between 2 pieces of acid free foam board which you can pick up from any craft store. I leave it between the foam board until I'm ready to frame it. You can keep a lot of posters in between the foam boards and just separate them with acid free tissue paper. Keep the foam boards closed with office clips.

[J.D. Lombardi]

Originally Posted by persuazion

I lay it flat and put 4 glasses on the corners and leave it like that for about 8 hours then I put it between 2 pieces of acid free foam board which you can pick up from any craft store. I leave it between the foam board until I'm ready to frame it. You can keep a lot of posters in between the foam boards and just separate them with acid free tissue paper. Keep the foam boards closed with office clips.

GREAT - and pretty cheap - idea. Thank you! I'll be hitting a craft shop this weekend for these supplies.

Managed to flatten the Toy Story 3 Buzz Lightyear poster for my son's room. Michael's was having a sale so I got two nice 27x40 frames for $35 instead of $70! lol Naturally, this means I now have a second frame to fiddle with, in terms of framing for the rest of the house, that I wasn't expecting.

[persuazion]

Originally Posted by J.D. Lombardi

GREAT - and pretty cheap - idea. Thank you! I'll be hitting a craft shop this weekend for these supplies.

Managed to flatten the Toy Story 3 Buzz Lightyear poster for my son's room. Michael's was having a sale so I got two nice 27x40 frames for $35 instead of $70! lol Naturally, this means I now have a second frame to fiddle with, in terms of framing for the rest of the house, that I wasn't expecting.

Nice! Its always good to get a deal on frames. I know people that only do custom framing for their prints.... my pockets aren't that deep.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by J.D. Lombardi

GREAT - and pretty cheap - idea. Thank you! I'll be hitting a craft shop this weekend for these supplies.

Managed to flatten the Toy Story 3 Buzz Lightyear poster for my son's room. Michael's was having a sale so I got two nice 27x40 frames for $35 instead of $70! lol Naturally, this means I now have a second frame to fiddle with, in terms of framing for the rest of the house, that I wasn't expecting.

I could be wrong but I think the coupons for Michael's will stack with their sales. They sometimes have coupons in the Sunday newspaper for 30-50% off one single item. When I am set up at a convention and have a wall of posters up behind me, to display them I use the Ultra-Pro semi-rigid top loader sleeves, they don't make them 27x40, the size you would want is their largest size 29x43, it does a good job keeping posters flat. I keep my Mondo prints in the 24x36 ones as well.

[J.D. Lombardi]

Originally Posted by persuazion

Nice! Its always good to get a deal on frames. I know people that only do custom framing for their prints.... my pockets aren't that deep.

Oh I will - get some custom framing - but the TS3 Buzz Lightyear poster was $10 on ebay and is for my 3 year old's room. lol I couldn't possibly spend big $$$ on a custom frame job for that one.

That is where it gets tough though, because, at least where movie posters are concerned, even older ones that I have are still going for like chump change on ebay. I'm talking like a Disney Pinochio re-release poster from nearly 20 years ago...not even $20 yet. So why would I do a high-end frame on them? That is a question I keep asking myself.

I have newer posters that'd be worth it. NICE double-sideds from the Disney Movie Rewards for SW Force Awakens, the final and beach teasers for Rogue One...and they command $ so they'd be possibilities. I really need to juse unroll all my posters to see what the hell I've got!