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How you can make paper at home
Here are easy to follow step-by-step directions on how to make paper using only facial tissue, starch and water. You will be following the same process used by professional papermakers on paper machines. You will now make paper in the same way a paper machine does.
MATERIALS
- A tub will replace the mixing box
- An eggbeater will replace the beater
- A screen will replace the wire screen belt
- A blotting paper will replace the felt blankets
- A rolling pin will replace the presses
- An iron will replace the dryers
EQUIPMENT
- 30 Sheets of facial tissue (not wet strength)
- A tub or basin that will hold at least 10 quarts of water
- One tablespoon of liquid laundry starch in two cups of water
- An eggbeater or blender
- A fine-mesh wire screen, screwed or stapled onto the back of a frame
- Blotting paper cut to the size of the screen
- A rolling pin
- Household electric iron
STEPS
- Tear sheets of tissue and place in tub. Pour in starch and additional water to make about 10 quarts.
- Beat until thoroughly mixed. Tissue should be completely dissolved.
- Holding screen firmly, dip sideways into the mixture.
- Slowly lift screen out of water and let excess water drip while sheet is forming. Dry screen between two pieces of blotting paper.
- Remove sheet from screen, place between blotting paper, press out water with rolling pin.
- Iron-dry (not too hot) the sheet still between the blotting paper.
- You now have a sheet of hand-made paper. You can trim the edges with scissors.
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