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<blockquote data-quote="DaveW" data-source="post: 5327799" data-attributes="member: 94430"><p>Very disappointing that with 83 views, no-one thought to contribute to this thread. Is it because I'm new to this community?</p><p></p><p>Well, I made the maps with coffee and red wine as described above. When baking them they came out dry and brittle, but we managed to fix this by getting a thin dishtowel and ironing them with the iron set to high steam. </p><p></p><p>One interesting side-effect of the iron was that the toner (printed them on a laser printer) became glossy in areas where it was concentrated, which made the text look glossy and the background matte. This has made the maps much more authentic feeling, so I'd recommend it.</p><p></p><p>We modified some of the maps with two types of pen; a water-soluble colour pencil, which looked great when it went on, and a non-permanent black marker. We were worried about the pencil running, but it didn't; however, the non-permanent pen did. We solved the problem by outlining the words written with the marker with a silver pen, which doesn't help readability but looked pretty good.</p><p></p><p>I made 5 maps in this way. For presentation, I rolled the maps and tied them with some red and brown cord. My fiance then wrote the names of the maps on the sides, along with some dates. The result looks fantastic.</p><p></p><p>If I had advice to give; don't turn the oven to 200, 100 aught to do it. Try not to leave it in the oven for too long. Ironing works a charm to turn it back into paper again. After it's been ironed, if you roll it, it will hold the new shape. Be very careful if you want to glue two pieces of paper together, as they may end up different sizes after the process.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps someone.</p><p></p><p>-Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveW, post: 5327799, member: 94430"] Very disappointing that with 83 views, no-one thought to contribute to this thread. Is it because I'm new to this community? Well, I made the maps with coffee and red wine as described above. When baking them they came out dry and brittle, but we managed to fix this by getting a thin dishtowel and ironing them with the iron set to high steam. One interesting side-effect of the iron was that the toner (printed them on a laser printer) became glossy in areas where it was concentrated, which made the text look glossy and the background matte. This has made the maps much more authentic feeling, so I'd recommend it. We modified some of the maps with two types of pen; a water-soluble colour pencil, which looked great when it went on, and a non-permanent black marker. We were worried about the pencil running, but it didn't; however, the non-permanent pen did. We solved the problem by outlining the words written with the marker with a silver pen, which doesn't help readability but looked pretty good. I made 5 maps in this way. For presentation, I rolled the maps and tied them with some red and brown cord. My fiance then wrote the names of the maps on the sides, along with some dates. The result looks fantastic. If I had advice to give; don't turn the oven to 200, 100 aught to do it. Try not to leave it in the oven for too long. Ironing works a charm to turn it back into paper again. After it's been ironed, if you roll it, it will hold the new shape. Be very careful if you want to glue two pieces of paper together, as they may end up different sizes after the process. Hope this helps someone. -Dave [/QUOTE]
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