Just realized a lot of folks skip the grain test on book cloth

I keep seeing posts where people's boards warp or the cloth bubbles, and nine times out of ten they admit they didn't check the grain direction. I learned the hard way on a commission for a library in Portland last year, where a whole batch of quarter-bound journals had to be redone. The long fibers need to run parallel to the spine for real stability. Has anyone found a quick trick for spotting the grain on a tricky, coated cloth?

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miles_roberts224d ago

Grain direction matters less with modern, stable materials.

angela_wilson784d ago

Tell that to my warped cutting board. Modern doesn't mean magic, it just fails slower sometimes. The wood still moves.