comprises a applying an adhesive which comprises an aqueous dispersion comprising from about 75 to about 99 9 water and from about 25 to about 0 1 solids to a dryer wherein said solids comprise an amine salt of styrene methacrylic acid co polymer b pressing a tissue paper web against the dryer to adhere the web to the surface of the dryer and c removing the web from the dryer via a doctor blade the preparation of styrene methacrylic acid co polymers is known in the art one method for their preparation involves charging a 3 necked 1 l flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer and heating mantle with 209 46 g of isopropanol and 200 86 g of water and heating under mild agitation with a slow nitrogen purge of the headspace until a gentle reflux is achieved which occurs at about 80 u00b0 c a first stream comprising 24 74 g of a 14 3 aqueous sodium persulfate solution is slowly added to the content of the refluxing contents of the flask simultaneously with a second stream comprising a liquid mixture of 70 68 g of styrene and 70 68 g of methacrylic acid over the course of about 2 hours following the addition the temperature is maintained at reflux for an additional 2 hours to ensure completeness of reaction then an additional 15 4 g of 14 3 sodium persulfate is added and the temperature maintained at reflux for one additional hour to digest residual quantities of the monomers to prepare an amine salt of a co polymer produced as above namely the triethanol amine salt tea the flask from the above containing the crude reaction product mixture is set up for distillation by affixing a condenser and head thereto the flask is heated.