Are heat guns suppose to curl your paper?

[kate2kate]

Are heat guns suppose to curl your paper even if your paper is not wet?

I stamped an image with brillance ink and used my heat gun (newbie with a heat gun) to dry it and the paper (ga Paper) curled.

What am I doing wrong?

TIA,
Katie

[geez.its.tegz]

my paper always curls... it's really annoying, but if anyone knows how to avoid this please let me in on the secret too ;)

[luvabug31]

Try moving the heat gun around a lot, and keep it pretty far away from the paper. The further you are the better. I also dry the front and back, and that helps it from curling.

[Angelnorth]

There's always a certain amount of moisture in paper, even if you didn't wet it, so a heat gun will almost always make paper curl as it takes that moisture out. I do the same as luvabug31, move the gun around and heat the back as well as the front - it usually flattens out just fine.

[stamphappy1650]

What everyone else said and the weight of the paper can make a difference. Heavier paper will curl less.

[katestamps716]

I use the SU heat gun and heavy paper and never have any major curling. With cheaper heat guns they aren't as hot as a heavy duty one and take longer which causes more curling.

[putri]

I have a $30 heat gun from one of the craft store and using SU paper it never curls. I heat at a 45 degree angle and at about 1.5-2" distance and moving from side to side, not a big sweep, just a tiny bit.

[MSBetsyZ]

Another thing that helps is to heat on a foil-covered clipboard. The foil heats as you emboss the front and provides heat to the back of the paper at the same time.