Making a Case and Casing In - Part 2

The construction of the case and casing in the text block. A final task that is a little scary for amateur hand binders, this method should remove some of the fear when you see how easy it is to do.

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Education

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• bookbinding
• case making

[Ceropegia]

PVA is a "Fast Tack" wheat paste is a "slow tack". Paste is used, so that, after attaching the first side and you turn the book over to check the square, you can adjust its position in the case. That would not be possible with PVA and you would have to accept any misalignment.

[MiCompre]

I don't understand why paper has a 'grain', if it is made on a sieve or mesh...

How can we tell which way is up, just by looking at it? Is the watermark a clue?

Can I use a light-weight watercolour paper for endpapers? it being sized, I wonder?

Thanks for your excellent videos.

MC (UK)

[Ceropegia]

Paper is usually made from a soup of fibers. When most commercial papers are made and some fine arts papers too, a conveyor belt of mesh is pulled through the 'soup' to gather fibers into a long roll of paper. The action of pulling through the 'soup' tends to pull the fibers into parallel position, kind of like spaghetti when you get it at the grocery store. The paper will bend more easily along the grain, it's like bending the package of spaghetti, easy one way, difficult the other way.

[newportbeachsailor]

GREAT INSTUCTIONAL VIDEO... BEST ON THE WEB.

WHERE DO YOU GET THE "Mall Material? I don't really know what your refering to.

Thanks

[Ceropegia]

@newportbeachsailor  Mull is the English term for what we call tarlitan which is a starched gauze.

[iwnikos71]

Thank you very much! very helpfull!!!

[NolaGB]

@Ceropegia Thank you. After at least a dozen phone calls and no one knowing what I was talking about, I appreciate your clearing this up for me.

[NolaGB]

@Ceropegia Thank you

[Ceropegia]

@NolaGB Mull and tarlitan are the same material. Use it in the form you get it. See the comment above this one for more info.

[NolaGB]

@Ceropegia Does the Tarlatan need to be soaked and dried before use or is it used stiff? I've never used "mull", so I don't know if it's supposed to be stiff. Thank you for your excellent videos!

[sarkozykal]

You appear to use PVA glue for everything but casing in. Why do you use wallpaper paste for casing in--is it a matter of curl of the endpapers?

[Ceropegia]

Paper is usually made from a soup of fibers. When most commercial papers are made and some fine arts papers too, a conveyor belt of mesh is pulled through the 'soup' to gather fibers into a long roll of paper. The action of pulling through the 'soup' tends to pull the fibers into parallel position, kind of like spaghetti when you get it at the grocery store. The paper will bend more easily along the grain, it's like bending the package of spaghetti, easy one way, difficult the other way.