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We offer a variety of grades and styles of pulps for our customers – including
specialty or “designer” pulp, created to produce a specific kind of paper.
Our focus is on rag or cotton-based pulps … however, we can custom design
any pulp to your exact specifications. (See our information on
Making Paper & Pulp.)
The Advantages & Uses of Specialty Pulp
Paper made from cotton rag pulp or
other specialty fibers offers some special advantages over paper made
from wood-based pulp.
Toughness and Durability. The papers resulting from natural fiber
pulps are extremely durable, providing a high degree of permanence. To
illustrate this point, just about everyone has accidentally left money
in a pocket and run it through the washing machine. Likewise, we’ve also
seen that this same bill can simply be spread out to dry – or even run
through the dryer like clothing – and it’s just fine. That’s because the
paper is made from a cotton rag pulp.
On the other hand, we’ve all seen newsprint or paper grocery bags (both
made from wood-based pulp) get wet … and literally fall apart, practically
dissolving away. In short, we make pulp that produces papers that will
withstand unusually heavy wear and tear that most papers aren't required
to endure.
Unique Look & Feel. Other natural fibers and materials in
pulp can also give the resulting paper a unique texture and appearance.
For example, by adding finely shredded pieces of straw to a cotton pulp,
the resulting paper will have an elegant speckled finish. Likewise, the
addition of specific materials may add color, texture, or other attractive
characteristics to the finished paper.
Just a few of the types of materials we use in our pulps include tobacco
stalks, manila (industrial hemp), wool, raime, abaca, kenaf, jute, sisal,
flax, and other materials. Pulps may also contain virtually any specialty
fiber a customer chooses: finely ground straw, hay, bamboo, reeds, and
other unusual ingredients.