How to make hemp paper?
How to make hemp paper?
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wavess
You can use hemp to make hemp cellulose, which is the main ingredient found in paper. BUT, fun fact, you can also use hemp cellulose to produce plastic… plastic that is biodegradable! So, hemp can be used to make paper as well as plastic. Isn’t that neat?!
amanda.tolar
Commercially, the production of hemp paper looks a lot like tree-paper, just without the degree of processing, chemicals, and energy required from tree-paper. Generally speaking, the fibers are broken down into a slurry, then molded and dried. Other materials may be added to change the texture and look of the paper. If you are interested in making some yourself, you can find some tutorials online about it–seems relatively straightforward and doesn’t require any super-specialized ingredients or materials. We haven’t tried it yet, but I think it would be a fun weekend project and a good use for the stalks we have left… Will report back once we try it. (:
Moogdummy
Regular paper is made from the wood of trees.
The same process is used to make hemp paper.
You take the pulp of the hemp fibers and soak them into pulpy kind of slurry thing, and then you set that to dry.
It’s relatively easy.