Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . mewhat wider andlonger than the edges of the book, should have beenpreviously cut, and prepared by rubbing their surfaceswith either a little bees-wax or a modicum of greaseobtained by rubbing the surface of the paper acrossthe hair of the head or the skin. This is done inorder that the gold leaf may adhere to the paper justsufficiently to enable it to be picked up off the cushion,as shown in Fig. 59. When
Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . mewhat wider andlonger than the edges of the book, should have beenpreviously cut, and prepared by rubbing their surfaceswith either a little bees-wax or a modicum of greaseobtained by rubbing the surface of the paper acrossthe hair of the head or the skin. This is done inorder that the gold leaf may adhere to the paper justsufficiently to enable it to be picked up off the cushion,as shown in Fig. 59. When enough strips of gold have thus been cut andprepared, a coat of glaire should be applied with abroad camel-hair brush to the already polished surface 78 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. of the book edges ; and while this is still wet the goldleaf is held over, and gradually lowered until ittouches the glairc (see Fig. 60). The moment the goldleaf and the glaire come in contact the glaire will pullthe leaf from the paper, and when the glaire driesthe gold will hold firmly to the surface. It frequentlyhappens that cracks occur in the leaf when it isbeing put on. Should such be the case, quickly. Fig. 64 place another piece of gold over the defective part,and allow the edge of the book to dry for an gold is then set with the flat burnisher, in themanner shown in Fig. 61. It is done by first rubbinga little bees-wax over the surface of a piece of cleanpaper, ordinary glazed writing paper for paper is placed with the waxed side down on tothe gold, and the burnisher is firmly rubbed over PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 79 this from side to side, not lengthwise. After being setthrough the paper, the gold is burnished in a similarway without the paper. Plain Colouring for Edges.—Water colours,aniline or Judsons dyes, mixed with clear water, willgenerally be found to answer all requirements for suchedges ; and as a greater variety of different shadesin all colours can be obtained
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