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Abaca, Unbleached

$9.00 per pound
  • Buy 15 for $7.90 each and save 12.2%
  • Buy 45 for $6.90 each and save 23.3%
  • Buy 100 for $5.80 each and save 35.6%

Our most popular pulp is back and at a lower price! We're using a new pulp mill in the Philippines and are able to pass down our lower costs to you.

Buy 1-14 pounds for $9.00 per pound
Buy 15-44 pounds for $7.90 per pound
Buy 45-99 pounds for $6.90 per pound
Buy 100+ pounds for $5.80 per pound

We are excited about our new unbleached abaca which produces extremely strong paper that is beige/gray in color with tiny flecks. This abaca is in sheet form and can be processed very easily in a kitchen blender or other form of mixer if a Hollander beater is unavailable.

Also available by the 275 pound bale. Contact us for pricing.

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Unbleached abaca is in sheet form and sold by the pound. It is our most popular pulp. Each sheet measures 27.5" x 28.5" and weighs about .9 pound. However we may cut sheets to fit more easily into boxes. Unbleached abaca can be processed very easily in a kitchen blender or other form of mixer if a Hollander beater is unavailable.

Abaca is the Philippine word for Manila hemp, the fiber that comes from the stalk of a special type of banana tree, Musa textilis. This fiber came into use in the U.S. primarily for the making of tea bags and filter paper which required a thin, porous paper capable of withstanding hard use. Abaca paper has incredible "wet strength", enabling the artist/papermaker to pick up a wet, newly formed sheet of paper and manipulate it into any shape without tearing the sheet. It also has a long fiber length and is excellent for sculptural applications as well as being a remarkable substitute for Japanese-style papermaking, eliminating the need for hand beating the bark fibers. Longer beating times in a Hollander produce wonderfully crisp and translucent sheets. We strongly recommend abaca as a versatile, all-purpose pulp.