The Biblio File: How to Make Paper for Books: Interview with David Curruthers by Nigel Beale

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David Curruthers, owner proprietor of St. Armand Papers in Montreal takes us through the process of how he produces paper that is used in the letterpress 

 

printing of books. We talk here ( please see bottom of this post) about pure fibre rags,

 

old jute coffee bags, cover stock, denim  

and blue paper, beaters

 

pulp

vat-like structures for pulp

 

and machines that take 95% of the moisture out of the pulp

 

and flatten it so that it can been stored in sheets that look and feel like blotting

 

paper, 

 

and then treated with substances such as potato starch, clay and/or chalk, depending upon the end use of the paper. We also talk about opacity, smooth laid paper, end leafs, machine grain and bookmarks.

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