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  2. Sandpaper - Wikipedia

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    Cheap sandpaper was often passed off as glass paper; Stalker and Parker cautioned against it in A Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing published in 1688. [5] In 1921, 3M invented a sandpaper with silicon carbide grit and a waterproof adhesive and backing, known as Wet and dry. This allowed use with water, which would serve as a lubricant to ...

  3. Frederic M. Halford - Wikipedia

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    Frederic Maurice Halford (13 April 1844 – 5 March 1914), pseudonym Detached Badger, [2] was a wealthy and influential British angler and fly fishing author. Halford is most noted for his development and promotion of the dry fly technique on English chalk streams.

  4. Wet strength - Wikipedia

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    To improve the wet strength it is common to use chemicals. The use of chemicals can retain as much as 10% to 30% of the original dry strength of the paper. [1] The wet strength chemicals may improve the dry strength of the paper as well. A Japanese research team found that the effect of humidity on cardboard differs depending on how it is ...

  5. Pounce (powder) - Wikipedia

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    Pounce is gently sprinkled all over the writing on the paper. When using a quill or a steel nib, and with inks that are made up to match those typically in use during the 18th and 19th centuries, and provided the pen has been used with the fine strokes typical of handwriting of that period, the handwriting will be sufficiently dry within 10 seconds to allow the paper to be folded without blotting.

  6. Paper chemicals - Wikipedia

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    Wet-strength additives ensure that paper retains its strength when it gets wet. This is especially important in tissue paper. Chemicals typically used for this purpose include epichlorohydrin, melamine, urea formaldehyde and polyimines. These substances polymerize in the paper and result in the construction of a strengthening network. Cationic ...

  7. J-B Weld - Wikipedia

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    For the best bond, surfaces should be roughened (or scratched) with fine or coarse sandpaper. When first mixed, J-B Weld is subject to sagging or running (slow dripping); even more so at warmer temperatures. [2] [7] After about 20 minutes the mixture begins to thicken into a putty that can be shaped with a putty knife or wooden spatula. [7]