Paper banana or banana paper is recycled paper from banana leaves that grow in the area of Indonesia. Banana tree is a tropical plant species have good and strong fibers to be some crafts, one made of paper. With a variety of colors, sizes and types.

Well, here's Gallery Banana Paper in the area Sadangserang, Bandung. In this place produced a wide variety of handicrafts made of banana paper. How to make it, quite easy friend. The first banana selected from local banana species in Indonesia. Then the end of the frond is cut and peeled his frond fibers one by one. Then banana dried in the sun. The drying process takes 7 days. Well, once dried in the sun to dry, then cut into small pieces. Fiber from the stem will dry more easily removed after cooking later.

The cooking process is done in a large vat of boiling water. Then stirring continued for approximately thirty minutes. From this process banana fiber will come out and can be processed as raw material for paper and other craft. After the cooking process, banana fiber is inserted into the liquid bleach, so the color of banana fibers become somewhat brighter. After that, the new banana fibers are washed with clean water.
The next stage is grinding. In this process the fiber banana milled using a machine. Then, after grinding, further to the pulping process. Fiber that had been processed is inserted into the machine Valley Beater. In this machine that had been shaped long fibers will be turned into pulp. The pulp will then be printed and placed in the bucket. To be more interesting, this white paper pulp can be given a textile dye. Furthermore pulp put into water reservoirs. Then stirred and added water. This mixing process should until blended.

If already, an instrument called a palette included. Tool is used as printed paper before it dries. Do not forget averaged pulp We are doing pretty well, it can be printed. Pallets pulp will be put on the media dryers. Then pressed and pulled out of the water so that the palette. We just basking in the sun for approximately two days.

Well, like this fellow banana fiber paper is dry. Fiber texture visible on the surface of your friends! This is one difference banana fiber paper with plain paper. Well, from banana paper can be in the creations into a variety of crafts. One of these tissue boxes and boxes of pencils. Cool, right?