Football Programmes Centre

dangerman · Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 1565

just wondering if any knows away of straightening bent postcards. the postcards are not plain white backs but feel different to normal postcards

BAZZABAGGIES · Joined: 07 Jan 2011 Posts: 1918

SIT ON IT. Sherlock

Wullie · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 3423

try ironing them.

Tynie Topics · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 3572

Place them on a flat surface, then drive over them several times. Works a treat (but not when raining)
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Wullie · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 3423

This works for badly folded/creased programmes.
Remove staples. Place pages in water.( seriously ) After they are fully soaked, lay each page between newspapers and squeeze, flattening them . Let the newspaper soak up the water, then remove pages and place under as many heavy books as you can. Leave for 4/5 days then remove. Replace staples and there you have it, a crease / fold free programme.
I remember doing this when I was a youngster and it worked. I can't recall where I got this information , but I have a feeling it might of been Programme Monthly.
Would I try this with and expensive item today ? No chance.

Eck · Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 2548

I had a brainwave on how to straighten a programme cover that had curled a bit at the corner,I covered the area with a dry cloth and used my wife's ghd's..... It didn't work.

derby1884 · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:07 am Post subject:

a) go to a building site

b) bribe the bricklayer to slip your postcard in between some bricks

c) buy the house that he's building

d) demolish it and remove postcard

e) sell your now pristinely-flattened postcard to a Chelsea collector on EBay

f) buy an even bigger house with the profit you made
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