TO USE UP OLD NEWSPAPERS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue VIII, 14 August 1897, Page 254

TO USE UP OLD NEWSPAPERS.

There is a preparation which is used to advantage, and this is a paper pulp with glue, flour, and plaster. To make this, a quantity of old papers is put into a dish and boiled for some hours, being thoroughly stirred so that the fibre of the paper is broken to pieces. After the process of disintegration is complete, the glue, previously dissolved in hot water, may be added, then the flour, mixed up with cold water to a thin paste, is slowly turned in, and the whole should boil about ten minutes, being constantly stirred as it is very likely to burn if left for a moment. Remove it from the fire, and when cold add a quart of plaster to a gallon of pulp paste. Stir vigorously and apply at once. Properly made, this material is almost as durable as papier mach6. Boxes, cupboards or, indeed, any wooden article may be lined or covered with it. If the glue is omitted, it forms an admirable lining for flour or meal-bins or boxes. The glue is objectionable on account of the odour. The other materials, if used for this purpose, should be perfectly clean. Ingenuity will suggest many ways for using this compound. It may be spread upon papers and dried in sheets, when it makes excellent backing for pictures, or is useful for other purposes, which readily suggest themselves.