Help with leaf drying

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• u/AutoModerator·1·1 août 2026, 15:26

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• u/CoolBlackSmith75·1·1 août 2026, 15:30

  Parchment paper and 2 triplex slabs

• u/kyanitewitch·1·1 août 2026, 15:31

  I can’t tell exactly how big we are working with here. My ideas are between baking sheets lined with paper towel or poster boards with something heavy on top.

• u/PristineWorker8291·1·1 août 2026, 15:38

  Any plain paper laid out on a sheet of cardboard, position the frond on it, lay more plain paper over it, another layer of cardboard, add weights on top. So you could use newspaper with just the black ink, no color, or use paper towels, or kraft paper. You could probably use the cleanest surface of your cardboard alone if you want. The weights are to keep it all flat and no pets or people disturbing it for maybe two weeks. Probably less, but more is better. So books or bricks or some furnishings with flat sides, like a nightstand turned on one side.

  • u/the_doc268·1·1 août 2026, 15:57

    Please don't use paper towels, as the texture from the towels will transfer to the dry leaves. I heard you could use regular black and white newspapers, but I didn't try it. Best bet would be to put the leaf between 2 layers of plain white peper. Just overlap the paper so it covers the whole leaf, and thene put some cardboard and then something heavy like some books or planks. You don't need a lot of weight, but you can't put too much weight either, so better more than too little. You will also need to change the paper every 2 days or even every day if you live in a humid environment, for at least a week. You can also Google some flowers/plant pressing methods to get a better understanding, but that's the process.

• u/idiot____·1·1 août 2026, 16:07

  Stick it on a tabletop and put a big cotton towel over it and some heavy books to smooth it out, leave it a few days and it should be pressed like a flower

• u/StrongPassword11·1·1 août 2026, 18:09

  Thank you for all the suggestions! I’ll try them and see what happens, I’m also in the middle of moving across countries so it might mess up the process a bit but I’ll stay hopeful.