Any Tips For Removing / Fixing Creases In Crystal Clear Interleaves In Stock Book?

I bought a couple of used stock books and a few of the crystal clear interleaves have creases in them. Are there any tried and true methods for removing the creases?

None that I'm aware of.

I would be interested to see if anyone knows any tried and true method.

I realize that I may just have to live with it, but you'll never know if you don't ask.

I have never faced this problem, but if I did, this is what I would try:

Hold a hair dryer five to six inches from the plastic, turn it to the hot or high setting and then sweep it slowly side to side across the surface until the plastic softens and the wrinkles disappear.

(Make sure the stock pages on either side are covered with thick cardboard or similar before you attempt this.)

John

I think you will have to (as I have) live with them. The hair dryer trick may work, but there will most likely always be a line in it. Please let us know what works/doesn't work.

I carefully back fold the crease, sometime several times, to get the sheet to lay flat when the book is closed. The actual crease zone never goes away visually.

This is one of the reasons "used" sells for less then "new."

I find the most effective method is to tear out the glassine.

As others have mentioned, it cannot be done.

Glassine paper is entirely made from cellulose and is processed so that it is very thin and smooth. Glassine paper is also both air and water resistant. It is heavily pressed while still wet (more than typical paper) and then sent through a number steel and fiber-covered rollers. This further flattens the paper fibers. The end result is a very thin, glossy paper. Since the paper fibers have already been flattened so much, it is highly unlikely to 'rebound' once it becomes creased.
Don

We're not talking about glassine interleaves, guys.

I understood the question to be about acetate or poly interleaves...

John

LOL, I thought Cystal Clear in title was some kind of brand name I was unfamiliar with...
Don

@johnsim03 The hair dryer trick! Yes, I'll give this a shot.

@Parcelpostguy yeah that is essentially what I've done, and it's gotten me to a place I can live with.

Yes all, I am talking about clear poly or acetate pages, and not glassine. Safe advertises their stock books with "double crystal-clear interleaving". These were essentially free stock books as the lot was for the stamps inside, but I bought the lot knowing it included the two stock books, which I can put to use. They're actually in pretty good shape overall, so I can't complain about free.

I have some ideas. Thanks, all.