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I bumped into a fellow binder at a flea market last weekend
It got me thinking how we used to swap tips face to face. Now everything's online, but that chance meeting over some old bindings was a real highlight. He told me about a time he mixed up endpapers and had to redo a whole project last minute.
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kim.joel1mo ago
Totally! I once messed up the paper grain on a fancy journal.
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lucas29929d ago
I did that once, trimmed a whole stack before checking. Totally wrecked the fold. Now I always do the tear test first, right when the paper comes out of the package. Tearing along the grain gives you a straighter line, against it gets ragged. Marking the back with a light pencil arrow saves me every time. It seems like an extra step but it actually saves paper and a huge headache.
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