Abstract: A method for preventing web rewetting in a paper making machine of the type comprising a forming cylinder with an apertured or perforated periphery, with or without a foraminous belt wrapped around the cylinder, on which cylinder there is formed, during rotation of the cylinder, a paper web by a pressure slice to which paper slurry or stock is supplied, the paper web remaining on the periphery of the cylinder or belt over a major portion thereof, while water is drawn from the web by means of one or more suction boxes located within the cylinder and extending from the pressure slice to a transfer zone where the web is transferred from the cylinder or belt onto a felt or wire cloth for subsequent processing. In the remainder of the paper making machine there is provided a suction box extending over an arc from said web transfer zone to the area of said pressure slice to prevent rewetting of the withdrawn web.