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