Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
MAKING WALL PAPER
DETAILS OF Ara INTERESTING
PROCESS.
Instructive Description of tse Various
Steps by Which the Blank Paper 10
Made to Become the Beautiful Wall
Covering We Know.


The manufacture of wall paper is
sinsularly interesting. First, O web
of blank paper is set in a reel behind
q blotching machine; two cylinders
bring the free end of the paper into
the machine, where a roller working In
q color pan puts !. large quantity of
color upon the paper In blotches. Then
q set of fat brushes, called jiggers,
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 workman takes one end
of 1t, wraps 1t 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 the 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 system Of
steam pipes, and it is thus thoroughly
driel before it reaches the end of the
chainwork, where it Is again wound
into web form.
Wall paper designs are first sketched
on paper, and then transferred to roll
ers of the size required. It Is neces-
g a fn Forn a
there are colors In the design; thus,
II the design requires printing in eight
colors, eight rollers must be prepared.
When all Of the rollers are ready the
artist directs his workmen and each
one is given a color. 4 workman to
whom that color has been given takes
roller to his bench, sets it firmly In
the grasp Of a wise, and, with ham
mers. files, brass, ribbons. and brass
rods, goes to work. Every bit of the
design that Is to be in green is traced
out for him, and he carefully repro
duces 1t 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 the cylinder, into
which are fitted the rods on the ends
of the rollers, and, when in position,
the faces of the rollers just touch the
cylinder. An endless cloth band comes
to each of the rollers from below, each
band works in a color pan, which con-
tains, in liquid form, the coloring mat
ter to be carried on the roller to which
the band belongs.
Each roller is placed in such position
that the part of the design upon it will
strike exactly in the spot necessitated
by the relative position Of the other
rollers.
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 roll
ers revolve rapidly, and soon the pa
per Is beautifully printed. At each of
the endless cloth bands there is steel
scraper called doctor, and 1t is the
doctors duty to prevent too much
liquid from the other pans from get
ting on the rollers.
The wall paper press throws of ten
rolls of paper minute, and each roll
contains sixteen yards. It is said that
stamped paper for walls was first
manufactured In Holland about the
year 1866. Some of the very costly
wall paper in use nowadays is beau
tifully embossed and hand-painted.-
Philadelphia Times.