# Anyone make paper at home?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 2, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558 "2020-11-02T16:05:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558/1 "2020-11-02T16:05:10Z")
I might give it a try. What are the things to look out for?
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558/2 "2020-11-02T16:41:03Z")
Just curious, what kind of paper?
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### Author:  [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558/3 "2020-11-02T16:54:00Z")
Oh, what a good idea. I wanna make paper too now.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558/4 "2020-11-02T17:09:15Z")
Yes, I have made paper.
What sort of paper are you interested in?
Rag-sourced pulp is easier to work with, but harder to get into pulp form. Celluose pulp can be done with a home blender/food processor but it’s not as easy to get a nice paper.
Either way, you’ll need a VERY heavy-duty blender/chopper.
Also, you’re going to get wet. Very wet.
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558/5 "2020-11-02T17:54:12Z")
to start any paper that is easy to make. Maybe for Christmas cards
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-paper-at-home/924558/6 "2020-11-02T19:33:29Z")
OK, this site looks like a good place to start. In addition to telling you the basic process and suggesting recycled paper (because that’s easy to obtain) it has links to topics like making a mold and deckle.
> **[Here’s How to Make Handmade Paper from Recycled Materials | Paperslurry](https://www.paperslurry.com/2014/05/19/how-to-make-handmade-paper-from-recycled-materials/)**
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> Making paper by hand at home can be a pretty simple process. It's also a fantastic way to use up your old receipts, scrap papers, junk mail, and copy paper that you were about to throw in the recycling bin, and instead create a thing of glorious...
The surface of this sort of recycled paper may or may not be a pleasant surface to, say, write on with a ballpoint pen but could be used as a base for various types of craft treatment.
If you have further questions feel free to ask.