Process for applying chemical papermaking additives from a thin film to tissue paper

A process for applying chemical papermaking additives to a dried and creped tissue paper web, said process comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a dried and creped tissue paper web;
• b) diluting a chemical papermaking additive with a suitable solvent to form a dilute chemical solution;
• c) applying said dilute chemical solution to a heated transfer surface, wherein said heated transfer surface is a hot calender roll;
• d) evaporating at least a portion of said solvent from said hot calender roll to form a film containing said chemical papermaking additive;
• and
• e) transferring said film from said hot calender roll to at least one outwardly-facing surface of said dried and creped tissue web by contacting said outwardly-facing web surface with said hot calender roll, thereby transferring a sufficient amount of said chemical papermaking additive such that from about 0.004% to about 2.0% of said chemical papermaking additive, based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue web, is retained by said tissue web;
• wherein said chemical papermaking additive is selected from the group consisting of strength additives, absorbancy additives, softener additives, and mixtures thereof.