Subject: Colored Japanese paper
For hinge repair of leather bound books I use solid dyed Japanese paper, obtained from Aiko's in Chicago. According to their own information, the paper is made from 10% woodpulp, 90% kozo. What effect does this have on the strength of the paper? I could not get any information on how the paper is processed. I am interested in finding a source that uses all kozo fibers for their dyed papers. I tried to dye my own with water color but did not like the results. Maybe someone can send me a description of their own successful dying; what kind of coloring agent used and how applied? *** Conservation DistList Instance 7:10 Distributed: Friday, July 9, 1993 Message Id: cdl-7-10-004 ***Received on Thursday, 1 July, 1993