How Do You Make Paper From Old Scrap Paper?
• Tear up your scrap paper into small (about one-inch) pieces and place into a blender or food processor. • Fill the blender or processor with warm water. • Blend the paper bits until the pulp is smooth; start blending on a slow speed and increase the speed as the pulp becomes smoother. • Prepare a tub or basin that is deep enough to completely submerge your mold and deckle (See “Tips” for instructions to make a mold and deckle, the framework for your sheets of paper). Fill the tub or basin about half-full of water. • Pour your pulp mixture into your basin. You should make several blender-loads of pulp to put into your basin in order to make multiple sheets of paper. • Place your deckle (the frame) over the screen-side of the mold (the thing with the mesh screen) so that the edges of both the mold and deckle are even. • Dip your mold and deckle into the basin with the screen facing up. You should dip the mold and deckle from the front to the back of the basin so that the pulp in the ba
