# Linenize

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To **Linenize** or **Linenizing** is the process transforming [paper](/source/Paper), [cloth](/source/Cloth), [cotton](/source/Cotton) to attain properties of [Linen](/source/Linen), a [textile](/source/Textile) made from [flax](/source/Flax) plant fibers or [Linens](/source/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](/source/Linen)-like pattern onto the surface of [paper](/source/Paper), [cloth](/source/Cloth) or other [malleable](/source/Malleable) substance.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Linenizing is most frequently done[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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](/source/Steel). One or both of the steel rollers has a linen pattern [engraved](/source/Engraving) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### Resins

Resins from acrodies gum,[a] produced from certain variants of the [Xanthorrhoea](/source/Xanthorrhoea) plants species can be used for linenizing of the *thinner qualities of paper*.[1]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Also known as Botany Bay gum or mineral lac

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson1918153–154_2-0)** [Pearson (1918)](#CITEREFPearson1918), pp. 153–154.

## Sources

- Pearson, Henry C. (1918). *Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients — A Test-book of Rubber Manufacture* (3 ed.). New York: The India Rubber Publishing Company. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1042922936](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1042922936). [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [7217283M](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7217283M).

- "The "linenizing" of cotton. The possibility of cotton substitutes in a time of restricted linen supplies". *Textile Weekly*. **26** (665). Manchester: 721–722, 724. 29 November 1940.

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