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Paper making

Its been another busy week, family to stay and now lots of chores - washing bedding and restocking depleted cupboards... in between this I have somehow found time to try my hand at paper making - I had a long conversation with a friend who is expert in this field and looked at lots on the Internet but it is definitely more tricky then it looks, and now my kitchen is full of damp sludgy grey flattened 'paper' it will take forever to dry and I'm not convinced it will not just turn into dust or that stuff that used to come out of really old mattresses or chairs!!!

Someone told me to turn it onto a formica surface to get a nice shiny finish... our dining room (rather grand name for half of the kitchen) table is a delphinum blue formica so I tipped  the sludge from the wire mesh onto the table - having removed as much excess water as I could with a sponge - 5 days later its still there..still damp and still quite sludgy - blue sets the grey off nicely though....
first attempt at paper making - better keep the day job going....
I managed to fish slice one piece off and its held together - its quite thick but it might be good to sew with, hopfully the rest will come off drier and soon...I'd really like my table back!

Its probably a case of practice makes decentish paper.... and I think some colouring might help as dirty grey is not alluring although I know I can use it somewhere even if I just collage an old mattress leaking stuffing.  At the very least I can repulp it and start again....
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