Talk:Waterproof paper

Indian men

This expression is very vague, somewhat odd, and it is not even correctly written: "Now there is new paper is developed by Indian men." There's no source for this information either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.75.108.196 (talk) 12:21, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect proposal

I am interested in what is called "waterproof paper." I have seen it mentioned in instructions for making survival kits. But I have never bought any from a camping or outdoors store. Is it actually paper? Or should this page be merged or redirected to Tyvek or Teslin? Is there someone who has more information/sources that can help?

Thanks. ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 19:13, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - Wet Strength

This article should be merged into the article on Wet strength. It is a better article with a moe realistic title. Rlsheehan (talk) 13:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done Rlsheehan (talk) 21:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Undone Waterproofing of paper is not the same as wet strength. Wet strength is related to both internal and external sizing. This is a poor article we have to work more with it. Waterproofing of paper is more related to liquid packaging board. Langbein Rise (talk) 09:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very weak article and needs revision/deletion/merging. The title "waterproof" is an absolute term that should perhaps be "water resistant". In addition it is cloesly related to "wet strength". Wet strength is a property that can be achieved by several methods. Yes, coated papers often have the characteristic of wet strength.

Do not delete a merger proposal until there is a consensus.

Rlsheehan (talk) 14:01, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have added merge to proposal in the wet strength article to get mor attention. I looked a bit more into this, waterproof paper seems to be a specialiality coated paper or a synthetic paper. So the paper is not neccesarily based on wood pulps, but might be of plastics or similar to tyvek. Langbein Rise (talk) 09:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

plastic bottle substitute

Can paper or paper-like material like what's used for frozen foods, fast-food soda cups, etc., be plastic coated thickly enough to be used in place of pure plastic products like water bottles, disposable plates, things like that? It might not be as nice looking, but it would reduce the amount of plastic used by a tremendous amount. Mellen23 (talk) 11:47, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]