[Aquanet] making paper

[pat davis]

Hi, gang.

For several years now I've been tearing up failed works on w/c with an 
eye to using them to make my own w/c paper, and two days ago I had a go, 
tearing the paper more, soaking it in hot water, stirring it to make a 
slurry, etc. Well, everything worked right up to the slurry part as the 
paper just sat there in its chunks and refused to disintegrate at all, 
no matter how energetically I stirred and whipped the wretched stuff. I 
have a whole new respect for the toughness of w/c paper, but that 
doesn't help at all with making new paper.

Any hints or is this a lost cause?

sigh
pat