Moist crepe process

The present invention relates to a method of moist creping an absorbent paper base sheet, the method comprising the steps of forming a nascent web comprising at least a major portion of recycled cellulosic fibers, applying a creping adhesive coating comprising an admixture of polyvinyl alcohol and a polyamide crosslinked with epichlorohydrin to a Yankee dryer, passing the nascent web through a nip defined between a suction pressure roll and the Yankee dryer, and adhering the nascent web to the Yankee dryer with a pressure that is controlled by controlling the loading between the suction pressure roll and the Yankee dryer, drying the nascent web on the Yankee dryer to a moisture content that corresponds to a sheet temperature, as measured just prior to a creping blade, of between about 110°C to 121°C, creping the nascent web, at a sheet temperature of between about 110°C to 121°C, from the Yankee dryer with an undulatory creping blade bearing against the Yankee dryer to form a moist biaxially undulatory web, the contact area between the undulatory creping blade and the Yankee dryer defining an undulatory ribbon shape across the width of the Yankee dryer; and following the creping step, drying the moist biaxially undulatory web to form a dried web having a geometric mean breaking length of between about 900 m and 1350 m.