Book Protection & Repair Guide - CARR McLEAN

Additional Materials
• Construction Paper
If cloth back has been torn entirely away
from cover, follow these steps before
applying Cloth Book Tape.
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Cut a strip of
Construction paper,
making it as long as
the book you’re
mending and as wide as the
thickness of the spine of the
book. Lay the paper strip
down the centre of your Cloth
Book Tape so it reaches from
one plastic folder to the other.
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Picking up the tape
by the plastic folders,
align a 3/4" width
along the front hinge
of the book as shown. Never
cover any printing on front
cover. Press down lightly.
Remove plastic folders by
pulling them carefully down
and away.
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other
Bring tape across back
of book and press
down lightly on the
cover.
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Cut from the
end of the tape
to the cover as
shown. Do the
same at the
opposite end.
Cut triangular
corner off of
flaps.
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Fold corners of
center flaps
over. Fold down
outer flaps on
inside of each
cover board.
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Open the book
half way. Press
wedge shaped
ends of the tape
down into the spine of the
book with a plastic folder.
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Lay the book
on its side,
and crease the
hinge grooves
with the end
of a plastic folder. Then rub
down flat surfaces with the
flat edge of the folder to
complete the job.