Process for creping tissue paper

A process for creping a tissue paper web from a heated drying surface comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a semi-dry embryonic tissue paper web wherein said semi-dry embryonic tissue paper web is comprised of a wet laid web that is dried to less than about 40% moisture content;
• b) applying a first creping adhesive to the heated drying surface or to said semi-dry web, said first adhesive comprising a polyvinyl alcohol which forms an adhesive film and which has a degree of hydrolysis of at least about 80%;
• c) applying a second creping adhesive to the heated drying surface or to said semi-dry web, said second adhesive comprising a water-soluble, thermosetting, cationic polyamide resin wherein said water-soluble, thermosetting, cationic polyamide resin is added in sufficient amount to comprise from about 5% to about 50% by weight based on the solid weight of said water-soluble, thermosetting, cationic polyamide resin relative to the solid weight of the total applied creping adhesive composition, adding said polyvinyl alcohol in an amount sufficient to comprise from about 30% to about 95% by weight based on the solid weight of said polyvinyl alcohol relative to the solid weight of the total applied creping adhesive composition and applying the total creping adhesive composition at a rate of about 0.1 to about 10 pounds per ton based on the dry weight of the total creping adhesive composition and the dry weight of said semi-dry web;
• d) securing said semi-dry embryonic web by means of said first and second creping adhesives to the surface of said heated drying surface whereupon drying of said embryonic web is completed;
• e) creping the dry web from said heated drying surface by means of a flexible creping blade.