About: Linenize

To Linenize or Linenizing is the process transforming paper, cloth, cotton to attain properties of Linen, a textile made from flax plant fibers or Linens fabrics. It may be thought of as the process of making another process imitate linen. A product which has been processed to achieve linen-like properties is said to be linenized. One method involves impressing a linen-like pattern onto the surface of paper, cloth or other malleable substance. Linenizing is most frequently done on paper products and its use on paper products goes back to the early part of the 20th century.