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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Hydrophobic sand - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic sand in a box as an office toy. Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound. The presence of the hydrophobic compound causes the grains of sand to adhere to one another and form cylinders (to minimize surface area) when exposed to water, and form a pocket of air around the sand. [1]

  6. Paper machine - Wikipedia

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    Modern paper-making machines are based on the principles of the Fourdrinier Machine, which uses a moving woven mesh to create a continuous paper web by filtering out the fibres held in a paper stock and producing a continuously moving wet mat of fibre. This is dried in the machine to produce a strong paper web.

  7. Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry - Wikipedia

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    Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry is the sixth studio album by Jamaican dancehall recording artist Mad Cobra; released August 25, 1992 via Columbia Records. [1] It is his only album to date to appear on the Billboard 200 , peaking at #125 on the chart in 1992. [ 6 ]