(Bit of a toss-up, here or Hardware ...)
It was more humid in the Carboniferous, but only just.
I still print envelopes from time to time.
I've tried
(a) microwaving envelopes for ten seconds
(b) leaving them flap-opened over the lip of the laser printer
(c) leaving them flap-opened atop the laptop keyboard (I have hooked in a regular keyboard)
(d) standing poised with a steel letter-opener to prise their jaws apart as they exit the laser
all to no avail.
The laser welds them tighter than ...
Today I tried something that worked:-
I tore a 1 1/2 inch strip from the foot of a used sheet of laser paper and slid it under the flap, so that the gummed portion could not come into contact with the rest of the envelope.
It worked!
Envelope flaps stick
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- PlutoniumLounger
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Envelope flaps stick
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- 2StarLounger
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Re: Envelope flaps stick
I would have tried a bit of baking paper folded into a tent and slipped into the envelope with enough hanging out to separate the glued surface from the envelope.
But microwaving sounds like more fun
But microwaving sounds like more fun
Andrew Lockton
Melbourne Australia
Melbourne Australia
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Re: Envelope flaps stick
This would work, but I am using but a strip of scrap rather than valuable baking paper (plus a trip to the kitchen), and I don't have to stuff anything inside the envelope - just under the flap.Guessed wrote:I would have tried a bit of baking paper folded into a tent and slipped into the envelope with enough hanging out to separate the glued surface from the envelope.
It is. Although I've heard stories of people pressing 444 instead of 44 and ending up with brown government-like envelopes ...But microwaving sounds like more fun
He who plants a seed, plants life.