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USE OUR HELP TO CREATE YOUR PERSONALIZED ADDRESS BOOK, DIARY OR ORGANIZER.

Materials required:

Hardboard, 1mm thick Bristol board Paper or other decorative material for coating Vinyl glue or a glue stick Small flat paintbrush Big cutter Scissors Ruler or square ruler Book to coat Pencil Pleating machine

Preparation of the cover

To create your personalised cover, get the above-mentioned materials; using the inner dimensions of the books you wish to coat (diaries, address books or organizers) as your starting point, you will use the following formula to calculate the required dimensions and borders:

- For the 2 covers made out of hardboard:
H = height of the book + 6-10mm depending on its size (at the end of the work the cover will stick out of the glued book from a minimum of 3 mm to a maximum of 5 mm on three sides).

- For the spine made out of light Bristol board
H = the same of the already cut covers
L = the same thickness of the book spine

- For the decoration paper of the cover
H = height of the 2 already cut covers + 30mm (15mm for each margin to be folded)
L = width of the 2 boards + width of the spine + 36 mm (15 mm right edge + board + 3 mm space + spine + 3 mm space + board + 15 mm left edge).

Making the cover

Lay the coating paper back to front on a flat surface, square it using the given formula, then glue the whole surface of the paper;

position the hardboard cover (leaving 15 mm on the three external sides), then the spine followed by the board (please do not forget to leave enough space between the spine and the boards to allow for a correct opening of the cased book).

Cut the four corners of the paper, leaving 1 mm distance from the corner of the hardboard panel,

flap the paper borders towards the inside of every side of the cover, beginning with the long ones (upper and lower) and then flapping the short ones (right and left sides).

Verify that there are no air bubbles on the external side of the cover; if necessary, remove them by exercising a circular movement with a soft cloth.

Try to slide the book into the cover to check that your measures are right and see that there is enough folding space left for the 3 external sides that you can then leave for the casing phase.

Casing phase of the book in the already made cover

Scatter the glue on the last side of the book and put it on the right side of the cover, positioning it at equidistance of all external sides (as during the trial).

Repeat the same operation for the first side.

Finally, put the BOOK you have made under a press (for example under a heavy book) for twelve hours.

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