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Directions:
Tear the paper into small pieces and
add them to the blender until it is about half full. Fill the blender
with warm water and slowly pulse it to combine the paper and water. Once
they start to combine, you can crank the blender up to a higher speed
and continue blending until you have a fine pulp.
To make the mold, stretch a piece of
window screen over a
wooden frame and staple it. Stretch it as tight as possible for best
results.
Fill plastic tub about half way with water. Add 3 blender loads of pulp.
Stir the mixture until well combined.
Stir 2 teaspoons of liquid starch into the pulp.
Place the mold into the
pulp and then level it out while it is submerged.
Gently wiggle it
side-to-side until the pulp on top of the screen looks even.
Slowly
lift the mold up and allow most of the water to drip out.
If the paper seems too thick, remove
some of the pulp from the tub and start over. If your paper looks too
thin, add more pulp to the mixture.
Once most of the water
has dripped out of the mold, gently place one edge on the side of the
fabric and ease the mold down flat. Use a sponge to press out as much water as
possible. Wring the excess water from the sponge back into the large
plastic tub.
Slowly lift the edge of the
mold. The wet sheet of paper should remain on the fabric.
Cover the sheet of paper with another
sheet of fabric and repeat the process until you end up with a stack of
homemade paper sandwiched inbetween pieces of fabric.
Spread the pieces of paper out on some
newspapers - each of them still lying on their sheet of fabric. Once
they are completely dry, peel the paper from the fabric.
Your homemade paper is now ready to be
used.
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