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OF PAPER OUT OF
BANANA BARK
PROPONENTS:
March, 2012
General Objectives:
1. To make paper out of banana bark.
Specific Objectives
1. To make different shapes of banana paper.
2. To make different colors of banana paper.
VARIABLES
INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT
VARIABLE VARIABLE
1. Amount of banana bark 1. Number of banana paper
used produced
Rinsing Slicing
Crushing Boiling
Materials
1. Banana bark
2. Casserole
3. Blender
4. Stove
5. Knife
PROCEDURE
1. Chop up the banana bark from the banana plant
into several thin and fine pieces less than one inch
long.
2. Place the banana bark in a large pot.
3. Fill the pot with enough water so that the bark float
and then boil it in a pot on the stove.
4. Stir the bark constantly for about an hour.
5. Remove the pot from the stove and use the
blender to whip the bark into fine slurry.
6. Take the pot full of bark and a silkscreen or fine
mesh screen outdoors. Ladle the bark slurry onto the
screen, spreading the slurry lightly and consistently
the banana paper will be when dry.
RESULTS
Table 1 The amount of banana bark used to produced banana paper
1 banana
1 250 grams 1 liter 1 hour 5 minutes paper
produced
2 banana
2 500 grams 1 liter 1 hour 5 minutes paper
produced
4 banana
3 1000 grams 1 liter 1 hour 5 minutes paper
produced
The table shows that the greater the amount of banana bark
used, more banana paper produced.
Table 2 The time of boiling the banana bark
30 FINE BANANA
1 250 grams 1 liter minutes 5 minutes PAPER
PRODUCED
30 FINER
2 250 grams 1 liter minutes 5 minutes BANANA PAPER
PRODUCED
30 FINEST
3 250 grams 1 liter minutes 5 minutes BANANA PAPER
PRODUCED
The table shows that the greater the time of boiling the banana
bark, the finer the banana paper is.
Table 3 The amount of water used in boiling the banana bark
1 1/2 day
3 250 grams 2 liters 1 hour 5 minutes before the
banana paper
dry
The table shows that the greater the amount of water used in boiling
the banana bark takes long time to dry the banana paper.
Table 4. The time of blending of the boiled banana bark.
Smooth
1 250 grams 1 Liter 1 hour 3 minutes banana
paper
Smoother
2 250 grams 1 Liter 1 hour 4 minutes banana
paper
Smoothest
3 250 grams 1 Liter 1 hour 5 minutes banana
paper
We found out that:
1. The greater the amount of banana bark used, more
banana paper produced.
2. The greater the time of boiling the banana bark, the finer
the banana paper is.
3. The greater the amount of water used in boiling the banana
bark takes long time to dry the banana paper.
4. The greater the time of crushing the banana bark,
the smoother it is.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Production of banana paper from
banana bark yielded positive results. To
further improve the study, the
researchers also recommend the
following:
1. Slice the banana bark into tinier
pieces so that it easy to be crushed in
the blender.
2. Rinse it directly under the sun or
above the roof so that it will not
consume much time to dry the paper.