I've been curious about this myself and today I had a customer ask
Does anyone have another idea to create the same end result. I too have seen the videos where the wrapper is already flat and stacked up in a neat pile, so the cigar industry is already doing it.
My reply wasIs there anything that can be done to the leaf we would use as a wrapper when we get it, such as ‘rolling” it out or pressing it somehow? We have watched films of it being used & it always seems that the outer leaf is pre “processed” somewhat.
Now, does anyone know of an existing machine that can be converted to using these types of roller brushes? It wouldn't be horribly difficult to make one from scratch, but if something already exists, why reinvent it.I think a soft brush would help in flattening out the leaf or two roller brushes with long soft bristles rotating in opposite directions. Feed the leaf into the brushes until the leaf is smooth. The trick will be finding bristles soft enough to work without tearing the leaf. After the leaf is smooth, you'll have to put some weight on it to prevent it from shriveling up again. I'd put a paper towel between each wrapper and after you get 30 wrappers flattened out, roll them up around a paper towel roll or something like that and wrap that in plastic, then refrigerate until needed.
Does anyone have another idea to create the same end result. I too have seen the videos where the wrapper is already flat and stacked up in a neat pile, so the cigar industry is already doing it.