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Hi - glad you find my videos helpful! Solid edge gilding is not something I often do so I am not practiced enough to make a decent video on this I'm afraid. But making a sprinkled gold edge on the rounded fore edge of a book is the same process as in this video - the only difference being that, when sanding, I hold the Abranet around a tube or dowel which is very slightly more curved than the fore edge. I then just sand in the same way as with the flat edges until extremely smooth. The adhesive and gold leaf is then applied in the same way as shown. Hope that helps!

@@bookbindingtips Thank you so much for your response, very much appreciated! Will try making a sprinkled foredge to start with using your method! Have a lovely day :D

I'll take your word for that!! :-)

Hi - thanks for watching. As I mentioned right at the beginning of the video, this technique is primarily used on larger books such as family Bibles etc.

Glad you liked it! Yes, sharp knives are really important for bookbinding when using leather. Sharpening is a bit of a skill that develops over time and I have changed my approach on several occasions. I may do a video at some point, but meanwhile there is a good on on DAS Bookbinding's TH-cam channel: th-cam.com/video/rikTKtdF984/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps!

@@bookbindingtips Thanks very much:) DAS is great too. I will check it out.

Hi - the cloth I used was a random piece of paper-backed book cloth from my box of offcuts, so I couldn't tell you exactly what it was I'm afraid. I would probably have bought it originally from Ratchfords in the UK however.

Hi - I think it would be risky to use a scharffix and difficult if the onlay is in a large piece of leather. However, you could also sand it instead of using a knife, perhaps using something like a coarse 80 grit Abranet. It will take some time to get flat, but it certainly can be done if you are not comfortable using a paring knife.

@@bookbindingtips thanks Glenn, very helpful.

Hi! Sorry, I'm not sure which blue tape you are referring to? Perhaps you mean the silicon release paper used to protect the pages beneath when pasting. This is just a waterproof paper which won't stick to the pages, but you can also use acetate or other materials for this.

@@bookbindingtips hi, I mean the blue roll from which the back covering of the book is obtained and on which the title of the book is then applied..!

@@mariomoretti9059 I think you must be looking at a different video - there is no blue roll here and we don't look at the covering or titling of the book at all. . .

Hi and thank you. You should never use a standard sticky tape (such as Scotch tape or Sellotape) to repair pages because it will fail over time, the plastic carrier may lift and the adhesive browns and can soak irepairably into the paper. There is a conservation tape called Filmoplast P paper repair tape which is much better in the long term and not too expensive, though using good quality Japanese tissue and past as I have shown in my video is by far the best solution in most cases. Hope that helps!

@@bookbindingtips Hi ! Thank you very much for your kind help. I will put the Filmoplast P paper repair tape in my Amazon cart !! I look forward to watching more of your repair videos.

Hi - you could certainly do it that way, but in this case the leather was attached to the back of the endpaper, glued to the narrow edge of the marbled paper that was folded around onto the back of the endpaper. I chose this approach because I wanted to sew through the folded endpaper, the marbled paper and the leather, to make very strong sewing points.

Sorry for the late “THANK YOU” brother I am just seeing your response ! Thank you for your time friend and God bless you buddy !!

@@bookbindingtipsand I had the idea last (while I’m trying different techniques for edge lining bibles for rebinds) doing the same thing kind of and having a NARROW/THIN LEATHER TAB that’s functional, reliable & aesthetically pleasing without that big LAAB OF TAB haha in most rebinds ! So thanks again brother

Not necessarily using this method - it can be done with full thickness goat leather (ie: 0.7mm or so) and still look nice and neat but of course it depend how delicate you want the board edges to be. If you want nice thin edges to the boards then the leather does indeed need to be thinned in that area.

I buy my paste pre-prepared from a bookbinding supplier in the UK - usually Hewits. But it is basically a wheat starch paste. You can also get very good rice starch pastes. Some are in powder form, some you have to cook, some already made up and it is down mainly to personal preference which you would use.

Hi - sorry I have only just seen your message! Yes, this method is only really suitable for thinner materials like cloth and paper. Leather and other thicker materials do bring extra problems - you may like to take a look at my video on one method how to make neat leather corners.

it's not a sudden solution, this is kind of a principle - to paste a compensate sheet that is needed also to align with thickness of leather wraps. Otherwise the endpapers will be noticeably deformed (sure, this is only about binding new books)

You could make board by laminating paper and thin millboard together and the makes it quite stiff. If there is an extra piece of paper on the inside of the board it will pull it inwards a little so this will counter the pull of the leather to some extent. But you almost always have to correct warp a little after the leather has been secured.

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I would never recommend using tape. In the video I am using strips of Japanese paper secured using wheat starch paste. And yes, sometimes the tear does lend itself to re-securing using paste without the need for additional support.

The paste is just standard wheat starch paste, though very diluted.

@@bookbindingtips Thank you for writing back. I tried using cornstarch and it peeled off once dried and left my surface bumpy. Perhaps I should work on the consistency even with wheat.

Yes, it should be very watery so it soaks in to the surface (but don't apply too much!)

@@bookbindingtips I make Fore-edge paintings on the edges before gilding. So will this bleed the Watercolour paints into the book if I apply it on top?

I would apply the size before doing the edge painting. It is intended just to seal the fibres of the paper, though it isn't always necessary - depends on the paper.

I’m fixing to do that very thing I’ll let ya know haha

@@rcb1717 post a video!!!

Hi David, I find that by sprinkling the adhesive I get a more even effect. If the glue is brushed all over then there is a risk you may get larger clumps of gold adhering to the edge, and I'm not sure that I want the areas in between the gold to have a coating of PVA. But then there is always more than one way to do things . . .😊

I keep it in an airtight jar to stop it drying out too much.