Is it possible to buy toughened/plasticised paper or make regular paper like this? – i.e. still thin and foldable but won’t tear or wear (like the bank notes produced briefly experimentally in the 80s I think)?

Yes. We have drawings printed on waterproof, untearable paper. Can’t remember what it’s called though.

Ooh would you mind asking for me?

I’ve googled and fond nowt 🙁

Contact your local printer. There will be some stuff out there. I don’t print on it myself but there is a kind of material in the digital department that is non-tear and fairly thin, not sure if it’s suitable for writing on, perhaps just printing…

You could also have regular sheets laminated which gives a good level of protection but does not allow for writing on.

http://www.lloydpaton.co.uk/non_tear_permanent_waterproof_copier_laser_printer_paper/_a4_white_polyester_non_tear_copy_paper_175_micron_per_100_shts_P289.html

I use zecom. Untearable and waterproof and prints on a normal laser

http://www.weatherwriter.co.uk/Item/zecom_waterproof_paper

Great for maps. I’ve even used it scuba diving

That would probably work too. The stuff I was on about is called “White back banne material”.

another brand is Tyvek by DuPont.

Tyvek

looks and feels like paper but its made from strands of polyethylene. you can print and write on it, but obviously the printing ink needs to be waterproof too. Very tear resistant also, I remember an ad they ran in some of the design magazines where they’ve inserted a tyvek page in the mag with a portion you were supposed to tear out and post off for a catalogue. The cads.

Do you have a specific application in mind or are you just curious?

Tyvek? it works for race numbers!

EDIT: Beaten to it!

Cheers all – I want to have a year-planner that I can keep in my wallet or a note-pad.

Darn it, $30 for 25 sheets from the US

*googles*

EDIT Blinkin’ flip! it costs a bomb in the UK too ! 🙁

Oh yeah. I forgot to add it costs a bomb. I think I paid around £40 for 50 sheets a few years ago. I use both sides for maps.

It’s been around for years, Memory Map and Viewranger were promoting it for printing areas of OS maps on. Those white suits that forensic bods wear are Tyvec, and I sometimes get envelopes made of it.
As said, a bit pricy, the trees require special conditions to grow in.

I wouldn’t mind 10 sheets for £10 or so but £40 for 50 is too much/many.

group purchase anyone?

I wouldn’t mind 10 sheets for £10 or so but £40 for 50 is too much/many.

£13 for 20 sheets

http://www.weatherwriter.co.uk/Item/zecom_waterproof_paper

YAY 😀