How to remove wrinkles on rice paper

Abstract: If rice paper is not properly preserved, it will wrinkle. In the process of calligraphy practice, because the crease is often uneven, the pen tip will bounce when writing here, which will break the strokes or lines and cause failure. What if the rice paper is folded? To restore the smoothness of rice paper crease, the safest way is to send it to a place where professional calligraphy and painting are mounted and ask them to mount it. If you feel troublesome, especially considering the cost, you can use a steam iron. First, why does rice paper wrinkle?

Xuan paper itself is very absorbent, and plant fibers will shrink strongly during water absorption and drying, resulting in paper deformation. Not only Xuan paper, but also other papers, such as printing paper, sketch paper and gouache paper. If it is not particularly thick and hard, all the paper will be deformed when it absorbs water, and the framed painting will be displayed.

Second, how to remove the folds on rice paper

1, installing

Turn a piece of paper upside down and stick it on the glass, then spray water drops with a watering can and spread a layer evenly on the paper.

Then use a brush to drive the bubbles back and forth. This step is the most difficult. What you pay attention to is the brush, the strength and method of the brush, and it takes effort. If you are not careful, you may tear this paper with water.

This is the method of mounting, which is very useful if wrinkles are removed. But it just flattened the paper.

Some rice paper will flatten when it dries, and some will wrinkle.

Because what we usually see in mounting is not wrinkles, not because of sprinkling water, but because of pasting.

After the above steps are sprinkled with water, a layer of paste should be coated and the backing paper should be attached. After the paste is dry, the paper should be flattened by pulling force to prevent it from wrinkling.

The key is to hold the back paper.

Most people can't use this, but it's not difficult to learn.

If you need to flatten calligraphy and painting in large quantities, it is necessary to learn it.

2. Iron

This is relatively simple, that is, use an iron to fold the calligraphy and painting in half first, and then use the iron to flatten the middle, so as not to press the four sides in half too hard.

Then spread out the whole rice paper, and fold it on four sides will leave a broken line on the paper. You can spray a little water or not, and then flatten the folding line with an iron.

If you do this, it will not be peaceful, but it is also relatively simple and you can see the past normally.

The simplest way is to spray water, but most people can't master the amount of water sprayed, or it is not paved properly, which is easy to cause problems. Better iron it.