After months and years of use and abuse, many
soft cover library books eventually begin to fall apart. Fortunately, there is a new simple way to repair these books
using a thermal binding machine.
After months and years of use and abuse, many
soft cover library books eventually begin to fall apart. Often the
covers of the books begin to separate from the book blocks on these
books. Fortunately, there is a new simple way to repair these books
using a thermal binding machine.
Many soft cover books can be easily repaired using a thermal binding
machine. If the book has begun to come apart and there is plenty of
glue left in the spine you can simply place the soft cover book into
your thermal binding machine and re-heat it. The thermal binding
machine will reheat the glue from the spine allowing the cover of the
book to bond with the book block to the cover. After the book is heated
and the glue is soft simply drop the book onto the counter to ensure
that the book block is settled securely in the glue and let the book
cool.
In most cases simply reheating the book is enough to reattach the cover
to the book block. However, occasionally there is not enough glue
remaining on the book block to secure it to the cover of the book. To
repair your book in this situation, it is necessary to use a thermal
binding glue strip. These glue strips come in 1 inch widths and twelve
inch lengths and can be easily cut with a pair of scissors to fit
inside the detached spine of your book. After cutting the glue strip to
the correct width and length and inserting it into your cover, simply
reinsert the book block and drop the book into your thermal machine.
The binding machine will melt the glue and adhere the book block to the
cover. Just drop the heated book onto the counter and let it cool on
the cooling rack of your machine.
If you want to repair books with your thermal binding machine it is
very helpful to have a machine that can handle books up to 2" thick.
Many thermal machines such as will only bind books up to 1" thick and
many trade paper backs are thicker than this. Additionally, it is
important to choose a machine with heaters that will get hot enough to
activate the glue in your books.
Additionally, your binding machine can be used to help extend the life
of all of the new trade paperback books that your library purchases.
Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He has written over 100 articles on binding machines,binding covers,binders,laminators,binding supplies,laminating supplies,paper handling equipments,index tabs, and shredders.
