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Our distemper printing machine lives up to its name. We are probably the only wallpaper manufacturer that print with distemper. (The vegetable-based binding agent/glue has given its name to the actual printing process.) An important difference between Lim & Handtryck and conventional wallpaper manufacturers is that our wallpaper is completely washable without the use of synthetic binding agents and top liner. Large parts of our distemper printing machine and loop dryer is from the late 19th century and is among the best printing machines ever manufactured in the trade. It was called the Rose printing machine due to its exact pattern alignment. The loop dryer and old distemper printing machine is an original Herbert Olbrich from 1896. |
We print at a low print pace, no more than 20 metres per minute, to maintain full control of the print result. Linseed oil supported distemper needs time to harden, why we dry 760 metres at a time in our unique loop dryer. Characteristically for distemper printing is the distinct and broad edge around the images, the so-called squeeze edge, and the colour's ability to absorb light. Between the 1400s and 1800s, the market was dominated by block printing when prints were made using flat, hand carved wood- or plaster blocks, one colour at a time, on sheets of paper that were glued together. When cultural history, and our customers' request, we print with both new and old blocks. |