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Handmade Paper Mold & Dackle Setting

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Before setting the pulp in the mold and dackle for handmade paper, stir the pulp to suspend all of the fibers. Learn how to use a mold and dackle with tips from a crafts expert in this free paper making video.

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"After you've made your pulp and it takes maybe six of the blender fulls of pulp, add plenty of water and you want to make sure you stir it real well so that the particles are all suspended and you'll take your mold and dackle, put them together and hold them real tight and dip it into the water and you give it a little shake like you're panhandling for gold there and lift it up and shake it to make sure it settled really well. Can you see that? Drain all the water I can off of it now and then very carefully lift your mold straight up so that you have nice fine edges. See there?"

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