The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-23
MAKING WALL PAPER
The Interesting Process Briefly and In.
structlvely Described.

The Interesting Process Briefly and In.
structIvely Described.
The manufacture OF wall paper is
singularly interesting. First, web
of blank paper is get in q rec. behind
blotching machine. two cylinders
bring tho free end of the paper into
the machine, where q roller working
in IL color pan puts large quantity Of
color upon the paper in blotches.
Then set of fiat brushes, called jig.
gers, brush quickly back and forth,
thus spreading the coloring matter
evenly over the surface Of the paper.
As the paper comes from the blotch-
ing machine O workman takes one end
Of it, wraps it around a stick and
places the stick across two parallel
endless chains, and the paper is thus
carried up an incline. When eighteen
feet of it has run out, the chains take
up another stick that lies across them,
and carry It up as they did thu first
stick; third stick soon follows the
second, and thus the work continues
until the entire web of paper has been
run out of the blotching machine.
The chains, in their working, hang
the paper in loops over a system of
steampipes, and it Is thus thoroughly
dried before it reaches the end of the
chain work, where it is again wound
into web form.
Wall paper designs arc first
sketchcd on paper, and then trans
ferred to rollers OF the size required.
1t is necessary to prepare as many
rollers as there are colors in the de.
sign; thus, if the design requires
printing in eight colors, eight rollers
must be prepared.
When all Of the rollers are ready
the artist directs his workmen an
! each one is given color. A work
man 70 whom that color has been
, given takes II roller to his bench, cts
it firmly i'll the grasp of wise, and,
with hammers. files, brass ribbons
and brass rods, goes to work. Every
bit Of the design that is to be in green
Is traced ont for him and he carefully
reproduces it in relief on the roller,
When his work is finished, the
roller bears on its face, in raised
brass, green stems, leaves, etc., and
at the proper time and place will put
the green coloring and shading just
where the designer intended it should
be. In like manner the other rollers
are made ready for use, and they are
then taken to press that has large
cylinder OF the width of ordinary wall
paper. There are grooves around the
sides and the bottom of this cylinder,
into which are fitted the rods on the
ends OF the rollers, and when in posi-
ton. the faces of the rollers just touch
the cylinder. An endless cloth band
comes to each of the rollers from be-.
low, each band works in color pan,
which contains, i'll a liquid form, the
coloring matter to be carried on the
roller to which the band belongs.
Each roller is placed in such posi-
ton that the part of the design upon
it will strike exactly in the spot neces.
STATED by the relative position of the
other roller,
When all is ready the paper that has
passed through the blotching machine
is placed between the cylinder and
the first roller, the cylinder and the
rollers revolve rapidly, and soon the
paper is beautifully printed. At each
OF the endless cloth bands there is a
steel scraper called a doctor. and it is
the doctors duty to prevent too much
liquid from the other pans from get
ting on the rollers.
The wall paper press throws off ten
rolls OF paper minute, and each roll
contains sixteen yards. 1t is said
that stamped paper for walls was first
manufactured in Holland about the
year 1856. Some of the very costly
wall paper in use nowadays is beauti.
fully embossed and hand painted.