What is the difference between mould-made watercolor paper and academie watercolor paper?
The difference and hence the difference in name of both product lines stems from the different production processes and the resulting paper quality. Two types of machine are employed in the production process, the Fourdrinier machine and the cylinder mould machine. The Fourdrinier machine uses a continuous wire or screen that moves along like an endless belt. The stock or water pulp is sprayed or dropped onto the moving wire. This belt is vibrated along prompting the water to drain out through the wire leaving behind the pulp that solidifies into an endless sheet of paper. This process ensures that the fibres are deposited in one direction only, impacting on paint flow thus ensuring the predictability of the color gradation. Up to 110 m of paper/min are produced on the Fourdrinier machine. By contrast traditional paper production uses a cylinder mould machine where the cylinder is immersed in a vat full of pulp slurry. Water is pumped out of the cylinder whilst the cylinder rotates. Th
