Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-28
MAKING OF WALL PAPER.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING PRO-
CESS TO WATCH.
People Have Little Idea of the Many
Operations IL Has To Go Through
Before Being Ready For
the Walls.

The manufacture OF wallpaper is
Eingularly interesting, says the Phil
adelphla Times. First "A web of blank
paper is set In a reel behind a blotch-
ing machine; two cylinders bring the
free end of the paper into the ma
chine, where roller working I'm a
color pan puts a larger quantity of
color upon the paper in blotches. Then
Il set OF fiat 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 q workman takes one end
of il, wraps il around 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 rs they did the first
stick; II 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, i'm their working. hang
the paper i'm 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.
Wallpaper designs are first sketched
on paper, and then transferred to roll
ers of the size required 1t Is necessary
To prepare us many rollers as there are
colors in the design; thus if the de-
sign 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 color A work
man 10 whom that color has been Civ
on takes a roller TO his bench. sets ii
firmly in the grasp of a 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 out 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 il should be.
In like manner the other rollers are
made ready for use ana they are then
taken to il press that has Il large cylin-
Of ~.
There are grooves around the sides
and bottom of this 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 contains,
in liquid form the coloring matter To
he 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 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 reyOlve rapidly and soon the paper
is beautifully printed At each of the
endless cloth bands there is 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 wallpaper press throws off ten
rolls Of paper a minute and each roll
contains sixteen yards. 1t is said that
stamped paper for walls was first
manufactured in Holland about the
year 1886. Some of the very costly
wallpaper in use nowadays is beauti-
fully embossed and hand-painted.