Linenize

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} To '''Linenize''' or '''Linenizing''' is the process transforming [[paper]], [[cloth]], [[cotton]] to attain properties of [[Linen]], a [[textile]] made from [[flax]] plant fibers or [[Linens]] fabrics. It may be thought of as the process of making another process imitate linen. A product which has been processed to achieve linen-like properties is said to be '''linenized'''.

One method involves impressing a [[linen]]-like pattern onto the surface of [[paper]], [[cloth]] or other [[malleable]] substance.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Linenizing is most frequently done{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} on paper products and its use on paper products goes back to the early part of the 20th century.

==Process==

===Paper=== A paper roll is threaded between two hard rollers, usually made from [[steel]]. One or both of the steel rollers has a linen pattern [[engraving|engraved]] on it. As the nip pressure between the two hard rollers increases, the pattern from the engraved roller(s) is pressed into the paper. The result is a pattern that looks like a linen tablecloth or linen dress. Various patterns and depths of those patterns have been developed throughout the years. Generally, the pattern is a series of vertical and horizontal lines with distances varying between those lines.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

====Resins==== Resins from acrodies gum,{{efn|Also known as Botany Bay gum or mineral lac}} produced from certain variants of the [[Xanthorrhoea]] plants species can be used for linenizing of the ''thinner qualities of paper''.{{Sfnp|Pearson|1918|pp=153–154}}

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==Sources== *{{Cite book|last=Pearson|first=Henry C.|date=1918|edition=3|title=Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients — A Test-book of Rubber Manufacture|publisher=The India Rubber Publishing Company|location=New York|oclc=1042922936|ol=7217283M}} *{{Cite journal|journal=Textile Weekly|volume=26|issue=665|pages=721–722, 724|date=29 November 1940|location=Manchester|title=The "linenizing" of cotton. The possibility of cotton substitutes in a time of restricted linen supplies}}

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