maxm50•1mo ago

Just realized a cheap wallpaper seam roller works great for pressing down book cloth corners

I was struggling with getting the corners of my book cloth to lay flat on a 6x9 hardcover last week. Tried my bone folder, tried my fingers, nothing worked clean. Then I grabbed my $4 roller from the hardware store (meant for wallpaper seams) and it pressed everything down perfect with no creases. Has anyone else used odd tools like this for bookbinding?

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lee.lucas1mo ago

Do you find the wallpaper roller works better on the corners than a bone folder? I had the same issue and accidentally used a rounded screwdriver handle that worked way better than anything else I had.

umaprice1mo ago

Maybe I should just glue a screwdriver to my hand and call it a day.

simonw411mo ago

Did your friend also have that moment where they looked at their random tool collection and wondered why they ever bought a "proper" bone folder? My buddy Dan found the same thing with a putty knife he had lying around, works better than half the stuff in his kit.