From here you’re going to fold the corners into the sides.Next, starting at the bottom edge, turn over the book cloth and press it in place on the board. From the back, rub each board to affix the glue.Next, carefully place your boards on the pasted book cloth making sure to stay within the drawn lines. Be careful not to get any glue on the cloth surface underneath. After applying the glue, slip out the used top sheet wastepaper and discard.Hold the book cloth in place while applying the glue with your large paste brush always brush from the center to the out side edges. Place the book cloth on the papers with the cloth side down.To place the cloth to the board you going to need a stack of waste papers.Using an exacto knife, cut along the outside line and cut the corners on the diagonal.Finally, measure one quarter of an inch away from each corner and draw a 45-degree diagonal line.Draw a boundary line three quarters of an inch away from the book covers.Mark the height of the covers and draw another horizontal line.Using a metal square extend the vertical lines approximately the height of the boards.Using the same three pieces a binders board establish the space between the spine and the left cover.Then, sandwich three small pieces of binders board to define space between the cover and the spine. Mark the position of the board on the right.Front and back cover to each side and the spine in the middle. Place your boards in order along the horizontal line.Draw a horizontal line about an inch-and-a-half from the bottom edge of the cloth. Roll out the book cloth with the cloth side down and the paper backing up. Now we are going to measure our book cloth.After the boards are cut you’re going to lightly sand the edges of the outside of the board – the book cloth will adhere more easily to a rounded surface than a hard edge. Cut the spine accordingly, one 1/2 inch by the height of the book.Lay this flat on the table, press the book down ever so slightly, measure the thickness of the book, in this case it appears the book is about half an inch thick.

To measure the spine take your two covers and put them in place front and back.Making Hard-Back Book Covers: A Step-by-Step Guide / Tutorial See More Related Materials & Equipment įor those of you who might like to skim read the first video tutorial whilst or before viewing the video, we’ve taken the time to transcribe the first video (it’s the most in-depth and a process we would commonly use):

Hardcover book binding