Usually some measure of both methods is advised. Place a nice amount of weight on top of your book stack, and give it a few days to two weeks. You can then place more cards on the face of this book, repeating the process until necessary. The Book Press (I find it best to sleeve cards before this process, they tend to turn out better.) Find a flat surface, place down enough bent cards to maximize the area of the book, then place it on top of the cards. This usually gets the worst of the U shape out. The ironing method: Place a paper towel down on your ironing board, place the card on one half, fold over the towel, then press gently down with iron for half a second to up to two seconds. Place the removed card on a paper towel and allow it to dry. Pull it out slowly, as the coating can stick to the sleeve and then you're left with big white tears. Remove a few from the freezer at a time, carefully cut the bottom and one of the sides of the sleeves off. Leave them for a few days, to allow them to be freeze solid. The card becomes much more solid and workable, rather than being soft and malleable. This isn't a perfect process, so that's why it's a discussion. I figured I'd show it off to use it as a resource for future use. I've had to quickly learn and then refine this process in order to save some of my cards.
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