Laundry paper

Description

1) A sheet of paper that has a bluing agent coated to one or both sides with a thin layer of Starch, Dextrin, or Soap. Each page contains the correct amount of bluing for one load of laundry. Also called leaf bluing, early forms contained a paste of Prussian blue bound with dextrin, while sheets made after the mid-19th century usually contained synthetic ultramarine blue.

2) Moisture resistant papers that are used to separate articles of wet clothing and prevent color bleeding from one fabric to another during laundering.

Synonyms and Related Terms

leaf bluing; sheet bluing; leaf blueing; blauwachtig vel papier? (Ned);

Resources and Citations

• The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980

• E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969