Methods for reducing or inhibiting deposition on or within press felts to
increase the effective life of the press felt and reduce or eliminate the
need for batch cleaning are disclosed. The methods disclosed treat press
felt while paper is being produced with compositions containing at least
one enzyme. Additionally, the enzymes can be applied in combination with
other non-enzymatic felt conditioning products either by blending and
applying at the same application point or by applying the enzyme and the
non-enzymatic felt conditioning product at two different locations along
the felt. The treatments are applied continuously or intermittently.