Patent ID: 8414737

Claim:
A method of making a disposable wiper or towel, the method comprising: creating a slurry including blending virgin cellulose fibers with cellulose fibers from post-consumer waste to create a mixture of cellulose fibers that contains about 40 to about 80 percent cellulose fibers from post-consumer waste; adding a contaminant deactivator to the slurry; adding a debonder to the slurry; forming the slurry into a wet web; pressing and adhering the wet web to a Yankee dryer to create a partially dried sheet; creping the partially dried sheet; drying the resultant sheet under support and control; winding the sheet to form a base sheet roll; feeding the base sheet to a first printer; applying a binder to a first side of the base sheet with the first printer, the binder having a viscosity of about 5 to about 20 cps; pressing the binder into the base sheet; recreping the base sheet a first time; and drying the recreped base sheet a first time.