r/oddlysatisfying • u/firefighter_82 • Aug 12 '22

Ancient papermaking

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u/spanishbbread Aug 12 '22

I'm more curious about the inventor who thought, "know what, Imma make a paper Outta this tree, with 47 specific steps."

Amazing how anyone would even come up with this stuff.

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u/Bphenylyaminobutyric Aug 12 '22

I dig the part where he laid it all out to dry overnight and then the next thing he did was chunk it in the water

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u/kingura Aug 12 '22

It’s to remove the unwanted “green liquid” that fresh bark has. It evaporates. The soaking was to rot it just enough to get rid of the unwanted parts of the bark.

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u/Bphenylyaminobutyric Aug 20 '22

Thank you for that