How to make the SEAWEED PAPER. The name of seaweed is Hosojuzumo. Hosojuzumo is the japanese name of the Chaetomorpha crassa (C. Agardh) Kuetzing.( = Scientific name)

Page 01 - This is the raw material of the seaweed paper.

1 This is the Hosojuzumo. (Sea weed)	2 Hosojuzumo is washed in clear water.
3 The garbage that adheres to Hosojuzumo is removed. (Example, Fisherman's broken net and small shell, etc.)	4 Hosojuzumo is boiled for 90 minutes with sodium hydroxide (or caustic soda) 25g + water 1,000g. The color of water changes into green.
5 After 90 minutes, It is cooled for 12 hours. (After 12 hours, the green water will be put in another container. The green water can dye the cloth.)	6 Hosojuzumo is washed three times in clear water.
7 Hosojuzumo is bleached for 12 hours. ( If you want, you may not bleach it. It becomes a natural color paper.)	8 Hosojuzumo is washed three times in clear water.
9 Hosojuzumo is put in the mixer, and it is crushed. (It is crushed for about 10 - 20 seconds. )	10 This is a raw material of the seaweed paper.

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