Method to adhere and dislodge crepe paper

A method of creping a paper web comprising:

• preparing an adhesive composition having a pH of between 6.5 and 8 and comprising two polymers, one of the two polymers is one or more vinylamine/N-vinyl formamide polymers comprising about 10 to about 99 mole percent vinylamine monomer and one of the two polymers is about 90 to about 1 mole percent N-vinyl formamide monomer, then reacting the two polymers with a halogenated organic acid at a temperature of between 90-95° C., such that the carboxyl carbon of the organic acid becomes covalently bonded to an amino nitrogen of the polymer,
• allowing the solution to cool to below 80° C.
• applying the adhesive composition to a to a creping cylinder,
• pressing the paper web against the creping cylinder to effect adhesion of the paper web to the creping cylinder;
• and
• dislodging the paper web from the creping cylinder with a doctor blade.