speed for the treated felt the physical properties of the creped sheets are shown below table 3______________________________________at a target weight of 15 3 lb 3000 sq ft treated control imprinting feltproperty i i ______________________________________basis weight lb 3000 sq ft 15 6 15 5 air dried md dry tensile g 3 inch 2600 2035cd dry tensile g 3 inch 1454 1218md wet tensile g 3 inch 819 572cd wet tensile g 3 inch 377 296caliper mils 8 sheets 42 6 53 8water absorption g water g solids 4 12 5 13______________________________________ table 4______________________________________at a target weight of 16 8 lb 3000 sq ft treated control imprinting feltproperty ii ii ______________________________________basis weight lb 3000 sq ft 17 1 17 3 air dried md dry tensile g 3 inch 1863 1803cd dry tensile g 3 inch 1101 1024md wet tensile g 3 inch 512 573cd wet tensile g 3 inch 262 257caliper mils 8 sheets 52 6 54 3water absorption g water g solids 4 77 4 82______________________________________ as shown in the above tables 3 and 4 using the treated imprinting felt increases both water absorption and bulk in the resultant paper sheet without a substantial decrease in productivity or a significant reduction in strength the base sheets produced in ex 3 were converted to 29 and 32 lb 3000 sq ft two ply paper products the converting process consisted of embossing the base sheets applying glue and marrying the base sheets into a two ply product table 5______________________________________ treated control imprinting feltproperty ii i ______________________________________basis weight.