Taking care of your books - Ironing the dust jacket

I am an obsessive compulsive bookworm. I like my books to be close to perfect condition. But I am very practical. I may love books so much, but I still look for the best prices.

Most of the book I purchased was either pull-out from the book shelves of someone else's or either dispatch by the bookstores from their old stock.

 But unfortunately, since it was bought from bargains, expect flaws from it. Like spine crease, yellowish pages, worn out marks from the book shelves, traces of stickers or stamps and dust jacket curls.

I normally put plastic on the dust jackets. But sometimes, it wouldn't flatten out no matter what I do. It still curl on the top edges and spine.

So I come up with a solution.

Flat Ironing the dust jacket.

How it works?

Well dust jackets has a built-in laminate plastic in front. So we wouldn't want to melt that, right?

• I suggest to iron it in low setting. Very minimal heat.
• Put extra padding on the ironing board so it won't leave the marks upon pressing it. 
• Press the iron on the opposite of the cover, not to the picture itself. That is the white part of the dust jacket.

Here's the result...