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by Kim Riley on April 26th, 2004

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How do you open a sealed envelope without it being noticable?

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  • by anguilla on April 27th, 2004

    anguilla

    Hold the envelope over a steaming pot of water. This will moisten the glue that keeps it sealed and eventually you'll be able to gently open it without tearing it.

    Of course, you may want to be careful if you're planning to seal it back and keep your peeking a secret!

    And don't drop the envelope in the water!

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  • by huggy1 on February 21st, 2006

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    You just leave it in the freezer for a couple of hours .This for want of a better word neutralises the gum and the flap is easily lifted

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  • by QuestionBoy on February 16th, 2005

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    In addition to the other answers, there is a way of reading the contents of an envelope without opening it. It requires either a light table used for tracing things or a very sunny day. Simply hold up the envelop to the light and you will most likely be able to read what its written/printed on the paper. Of course, the more papers there are layered together the more confusing it will be (because the print will overlap) or it won't allow enough light through to read anything. But this way the envelop is unharmed and you've read the contents (and if the words are backwards, flip the envelop over).

    P.S. Before someone comments, I know this doesn't answer the question of how to open it, I'm just offering and alternative that will in many instances still allow you to see some of the contents of the envelop (which would be the reason a person would want to open an envelop in the first place).

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  • by Crumb Eye on January 22nd, 2005

    Crumb Eye

    This is going to be pretty hard to explain but I'll give it a go. Get a thin piece of dowel and cut a slit down the length of it. Push the dowel into the envelope in the top corner under the flap. Now manipulate the letter through the envelope so that the edge of it sits in the slit in the dowel once you have it secure spin the dowel in your fingers so the letter wraps around it, then pull your stolen letter and piece of dowel out of the envelope.
    This all depends on the sender leaving a gap under the flap sufficient for your dowel and writing the coveted letter on paper thin enough to be rolled.
    Stealing mail is a federal offence.

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  • by Anonymous on April 18th, 2007

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    consider lightly rubbing the envelope with 100% acetone. This makes the envelope virtually see-thru before evaporating and returning the envelope to its normal appearance... works quite well with unfolded letters. **Test your acetone for lingering smell before using it on the envelope of intrest**.

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  • by rainbow_monkey on April 18th, 2007

    rainbow_monkey

    why do you want to open a letter in secret? just curious.

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  • by thinkin on April 18th, 2007

    thinkin

    get an iron and a towle heat up the iron put the towle over the letter and rub the iron over the seal. then when you are done you can just lick it and seal it back up.

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  • by MyKinKStar on April 12th, 2006

    MyKinKStar

    Man, oh Man! What's wrong with just "accidently" opening it and says "sorry" and "oops" . . . Hey, it could happen!

    * At least my answer works regardless of the type of envelope! The other answers are based on a glue flap envelope, that was sealed with a dampened (licked) glue edge. Freezing, steaming, or rolling a pencil under the flap are all valid ways that may, or may not, work to get those kind open. However, with either steaming and pencil rolling, you risk damaging the envelope, making it visually apparent it's been tampered with. Plus you might not even be able to get it open! Consider also, if it's a "press and stick" kind of envelope, that seals closed and locked tight with prepasted stickem, there's no secret way to get inside of it!

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  • by wazza49 on November 20th, 2009

    wazza49

    i held a torch to the envelope and gradually read the writing.

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