Getting right to the point, I'm looking for advice/tips/etc about recycling paper at home, specifically crafting new printer paper. So far every thing I've read up on is either more deco/arts-&-crafts or industrial.
My first thoughts are to manually tear apart the old pages, then group into batches. Followed by using a blender and water to mix each batch (not knowing what a proper whitening agent would be, I imaging adding a dash of white paint or whiteout). From here is where I need the most help. My main block is building a deckle that's precise on page thickness, as I would plan to cutting proper height & width once each page dries. As well as, if composition of the raw materials matter and how.
My thanks in advance
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What do they put in recycled paper that could cause a contact allergy?
I'm obviously not allergic to normal paper, just recycled "brown" paper.
When I come in contact with, I almost instantly get big red purplish rashes that get very hot and swell (usually my hands because of recycled bags).
Anyone knows what could cause this? Thanks!
Hi everyone, I (25F) have a problem that's been affecting me for years and allergies test showed nothing.
I noticed that everytime I touch recycled paper, be it a shopper, a pen or a notebook, I get these really really bad rashes on my body where I had contact, which is usually my hands. I also get something like an itch in my throat.
The rashes are a bright red, sometimes almost purple, they are extremely hot and they usually swell a lot, my fingers get double the size and I can't even bend them. I usually calm it down with ice and cortisol but it takes at least a couple of hours.
My question is, could I be allergic to some chemical in the recycled paper? I'm not allergic to normal paper and not even to McDonalds brown bags (which I suppose aren't recycled, just brown?) or bread bags.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Do you guys have any idea what they may put in recycled paper?
Thank you!
I know that shredded paper can’t be recycled in a traditional way due to the fibers needed and what not, but what size is too small? I’ve got some scrap notebook paper that went through a paper cutter. It’s certainly not shredded, but the sizes range from maybe 0.5” x 1” at the smallest to some that are 1” by 8”.
PAPER GETS RECYCLED, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
I’ve seen a lot of tutorials using recycled paper as a sub straight for oyster mushrooms, but while I was looking around there was a research paper saying that this put heavy metals in the fruiting bodies.
I have one more box of papers to go through. Wow. I knew I couldn’t count everything because I have so much so I brought out the scale instead.
I’m a writer and infomaniac, keeping most of my notes from high school and college, and some from even lower grades! As well as online workshops, morning pages, planners from past years, hand outs, and to do lists.
I have two smaller boxes that I’m sorting papers into - sentimental like letters or drawings and my writing/academic work I created. I also got a cute accordion folder from Target to put other important papers in because I am always losing them when I need them and finding them when I don’t.
It helped me realize a big problem I have with notebooks - I start writing in one with the intention that I will fill it and then maybe there’s a time when I need a notebook and don’t have that one, so I get a new one and start writing in that. And the cycle continues. I tore pages out of any barely filled notebooks and plan on putting journal entries in order in a binder. It feels like a fresh start clearing out the old and seeing patterns and habits that didn’t serve me and making a plan to do better.
I have been hauling about 4 or 5 big boxes of papers for years thinking everything in there was important. I feel such relief to see the stuff that really is important and start to explore ways to honor and share it.
