Save your scraps, and tear them up
Tear them into even smaller squares.
Let this concoction soak for a few days (at least 24 hours) and stir it occasionally. Mine sat for 3 days. The squares should fall apart with little effort.
Use a nifty screen bag (you can find them at paint stores) to strain out the water. At this stage it is ok to use your sink, but later either strain it twice or dump the water elsewhere because the paper fibers will clog your drain.
Fill the blender with about one cup of soaked paper squares, and 2-3 cups of water as needed. Pulse at first, then blend to a pulp. Don't blend for long as this will shorten the fibers and weaken the potential strength of the paper.
Blend only until the fibers easily float around in a glass of water. Should look like this:
Strain the water out (to prevent an awkward call to your landlord, don't dump this water down your sink unless you strain it 2 times). Leave your pulp in the squishy stage because the pulp needs to stay wet until we make the paper. Probably you should have more water in your bag than I did.
Put it in a baggie, or another air/water-tight storage container. Keep it in your refrigerator for short term, or the freezer for longer term storage.
Will show you how to turn it into paper soon!
