 | HOW TO MAKE PAPER
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This page is really for general tips
associated with books and libraries, however, the main feedback seems to
have been in ways to make paper look old. There are several ways to make paper
look old, here are just a few. WARNING
– several of these suggestions put paper into an oven or uses naked
flames; please watch
this process very carefully to ensure it does not catch alight. An adult
should always be present.
First make tea without milk and
sugar. Then take the teabag and soak the paper with it. If you are not
completely satisfied you can tear the teabag open and smear the contents
over the paper.To make it look burned, take a match and set fire to the
edges. Be careful to not burn the paper too much, otherwise there will
be nothing left of the paper!!! A.GREYLING(9 years old)
Use water and cocoa powder!
1) Use a sifter and sprinkle cocoa powder
over the paper, in a baking pan.
2) Add the water directly over the piece of
paper.
3) Put in the oven at 400 degrees, with water
and everything.
4) take out after roughly 2-3 minutes.
5) Empty out water and let dry just a bit
before putting it in the microwave for a minute.
6) Turn on stove and put the paper on the
stove, but shake it around, which will produce some “burnt
stains.” (Will produce lots of smoke)
7) Optional: using a lighter, carefully burn
the edges. (SEE WARNING ABOVE) Antonio
Comas Iron the paper on both sides (put a sheet of plain
printer paper over the paper to be aged. The more you iron the darker it
gets) then dampen it in water and lightly sprinkle tea over it ( if you
don’t have loose leaf tea just cut open a tea bag, coffee powder works
too but not as well. Becca
Get a flannel and put some water and some coffee
into it. Squeeze thoroughly and wait for some of the mixture to
drain through. Then rub against the paper and put in oven for 4 mins. After that get a match, dampen the centre of your
paper so that it doesn’t catch a light, hold lighted match under the
paper and wait until the desired spot of the paper is to your standard. Bob Marley
Aging paper to look older than it is – I
have found soy sauce one of the best but depending on how dark or light
the paper has to be mixing soy sauce with water will give you the exact
tone you wish. Soy sauce comes in two strengths which is good and being
cheap can last for many many projects 1: Get the amount of sauce you need to do a A4
size piece of paper test the soy sauce on a spare or scrap piece first
to determine what shade you want. 2: Add water if too dark and if you are doing
Calligraphy work I also found lining paper which comes in many grades
from light to heavy is great for Calligraphy. If you stain the paper first it will dry fast and
you can write over it without the ink bleeding. Phil
Walnut Ink – Walnut ink
is made from black walnuts. It is usually sold in crystallized form, and
must be hydrated before using. Apply the wet walnut ink to the paper, lace,
fabric or other material. You can create various effects as you strive to
make paper look old. Daisy
1: Get a square pan big enough to
hold your paper. 2: Make coffee and tea with no
sugar or anything else. Mix those two. 3: Pour the liquid into the pan. 4: Lay paper flat in pan. 5: Soak for about 1 minute. 6: Remove, spread on a flat
surface. 7: Put in microwave for 10
minutes. Done – effect: old, yellowish,
wrinkled.
Jing Han
1. Put lemon juice around the
outside. (this goes browner when in the oven). 2.Make a cup of tea without milk or
sugar. Use the tea bag and the tea to stain. 3. Put in the oven for ten minutes. 4. take out and burn the edges
after damping down the middle part so it doesn’t catch alight. 5. Put in the oven again for five
minutes You now have an old document.
Natalie
Markwell
- First iron the paper on the
reverse, then roll and put a rubber band around it . Now put the paper
roll into a bin filled with rice. After 8 to 10 days it’s readyKranthi A quick and effective way of making
paper look old, is to “paint” The paper with a wet teabag
until you get the desired darkness, put paper on a plate, and microwave
for 1 minute. Then use matches to brown and char edges. To make old
brown spots, hold a match about 2-3 inches below the paper until smoke
spots start to appear. Also brown and char edges with matches, and then
wrinkle paper by carefully scrunching it into a ball.
Mary
Kingswoood Chloe
Bacon (9 years old)
Lauren and
Laura
First, you put the paper facedown on
a metal cookie sheet with rims. Pour coffee on top (be sure you don’t
leave any white spots) and put in oven. Once most is evaporated, take it
out and dump the rest of coffee out. Bake it for a few more minutes till
its crispy then take it out.
David McNeill Tracy
Burnau - If you tear a small hole close to the side of
the paper and burn it with a match then smother it quickly it will
make a very authentic look.
Nash Evans  WARNING – Keep
an eye on the paper during these processes in case it catches light!
“g-dogg”
Fred
Sallach
Rebecca
Booth
Roselyn Chang
You
can make coffee, then, let it cool off, but not for too long, it
can’t be cold! Then, pour it on the paper, and let the paper dry, to
get an really historic looking paper.
Contributed
by Lauren E. Reichart
- Another method on a similar note has been received
from Harjit Saimbhi –
1. make a coffee, with no milk 2.pour on the paper which is in a tray 3.pour out the coffee 4.get a hairdryer and put it on full blast 5.dry evenly Hey presto, old paper
If you want to make a document look old, gently wipe
it over with an old wet tea bag, then leave to dry.
Alternatively, you can burn the edges of the sheet to
give it that old “charred” effect.
Thanks to Andrew for sending us this one.
If you want to add those little brown age spots,
sprinkle individual grains of instant coffee onto the paper whilst damp, these will spread
giving the really authentic looking mark. Also, ripping the edges all the
way around can help to give it an aged look.
Courtesy of
Natalie
George Rye
I put my paper into a cookie
sheet and soaked it in tea for 10 minutes or so. After, I put
another cookie sheet, slightly smaller, on top of the paper so
it wouldn’t warp. Then what worked well was putting the cookie
sheet over the stove (covering 2 flame…things) 5 minutes and
one side of the paper and 5 on the other and it dried it nicely.
Anon Again be
very careful when putting the tray on the stove or over a
flame. May also
not be suitable for some ovens.
Soak a piece of paper in tea or coffee,
then use a very blunt knife to scrape the half dried paper on each side until
there is a hole of desired size, then put some aluminium foil under the hole
and cover with tea/coffee, soaking until the area around the hole is desired
color. Repeat on other side of paper.
S.D.
Baines
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