The adhesive shall not cause the splice to adhere to adjacent laps. The tails of the splices shall be neatly and evenly removed without damage to adjacent laps. Splices shall be flagged at both ends with projecting colored markers, not pasted to the splice, or otherwise clearly marked. Direction of the grain on flat paper shall be as ordered. For colored stock, paper shall match one of the established standards or as specified.
Standards are blue, buff, green, pink, salmon, or yellow.
Colors shall be pulp-dyed. When a match to a Government color standard has not been specified, the commercial standards for these colors and white are applicable. Color coordinates for selected standards are included in Part 3. Shall be uniform. The dirt count for each side of the paper shall not exceed 250 specks per square meter.