Information received about soft covers

[BksBd2BUsd@xxxxxxx]

Dear Ms. Toth,

  We can supply you with "Bible" paper.  We carry it in black, light yellow,
yellow, dark green, brown and maroon.  It is colored on one side and white on
the other.  The price is $8 per sheet.  As far as the limp boards go, we use
differing thickness' of museum board for limp covers.  It comes in a variety
of thickness' and is archival.

  If we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
us either vie email or phone: (760)758-4142

Sincerely,
Frank Lehmann
Lehmann Bindery
P.O. Box 3703
Vista, CA 92085-3703
USA

My return letter dated 3/20

Dear Frank:

Thank you for following up on my question about soft covered Bibles.  I am
working with a very hard to please customer and could use help.  We have
taken two new Bibles and recovered them in leather chosen by the customer but
the tan goat he picked out is not soft enough and the embossed cow didn't
take a sharp print so they are both here to do over.  In the past I have
tried flex board #15 and several different thickness' of Perma Dur folding
stock.  What is the gray material the factories use?  If you can help me out
with this primary situation I would rally appreciate it.

Thanks Again,
Sue T.

3/20  From Frank

I think you'll find thin museum board will work the best.  You can also
soften up the goat skin before covering by graining it-rubbing good side to
good side.  You might also try drumming it on as this will minimize the
stiffness caused by the glue.


At this point I called and talked to him and he suggested Talas as a source
for museum board which I followed up on that day and did receive 10 sheets
from Jake.

>From Connie Wozny I learned there was a source for gray flexible soft paper
along time ago from Gane which I would like more information on.  And Viola
Roth found information on "drumming on" which comes from Don Ethringtons
book....."The process employed in attaching silk doublures.  A special
technique is required because adhesives cannot be applied directly to silk as
they would penetrate the material.  A piece of silk larger than the space
enclosed by the turn-ins and leather joint is laid on a piece of paper the
exact size of the enclosure.  The edges of the silk are turned over the paper
and glued to the back.  The paper is then glued to the board.  The silk is
secured only at the edges and is otherwise free (like a drum), being drawn
taut but not glued down.  If the doublure extends to the very edge of the
board, the enclosure is filled in with thin board to bring the board surface
up to the level of the turn-ins and joint."  It might indeed work to place
the boards and spine lining onto (dry?) leather, then paste out the edges
only and turn them over.

That pretty well covers what I have been able to learn on this subject to
date but am always open to more....we also discussed where to find scrapers
for edge guilding and a few other topics.

I hope this dialog is helpful.

Sincerely,

Susan J. Toth
Books...Bound To Be Used
Edwardsburg, MI 49112
(616)641-7545

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