hugo37•12d ago

Took me 3 months to figure out grain direction on book cloth

I kept getting these weird puckers on my spines. Finally realized I was cutting the book cloth with the grain going the wrong way. Switched to running the grain parallel to the spine and all those wrinkles disappeared overnight. Anyone else fight with this longer than they'd like to admit?

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nathang6712d ago

Huh, I gotta push back a little on that. I’ve been doing book cloth for years and always cut it with the grain running the long way on the spine. Never had puckering issues myself, but I guess different cloths act different. Maybe it’s the glue or heat you’re using?

angela_wilson7812d ago

Wait, you've actually never had any puckering at all with long-grain cloth on the spine?