Book Repair

R. Paul Stewart

Book Repair

Repairing a torn cover.

After

Before

Detail of damaged spine

Below, I have seperated the cover from the text block and removed about a quarter of an inch of the old end papers to make room for the new end papers.

Book cover seperated from text block.

Prepared to renforcre the spine.

I than prepared the new end papers.

New end papers

Now I glue the endpapers and attach the cover. It is now ready for the press. The purpose of the press is to form the dimple in the hinge using the press in combination with book boards.

Book Press

This is a text book I am repairing for a client. The cover is torn along the spine and needs to be reattached.

Detail of end page.

Below, I have renforced the spine.

With renforced spine.

At this stage crash needs to be applied. Crash is about the consistancy of cheese cloth. It very strong yet flexible and will bond the cover to the end papers to form the hinge. Think of it like rebar in concrete. It will make the joint stronger than the surrounding paper.

With Crash applied.

The finished book.

Finished Book

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