Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
Why perfect binding fails differently from a sewn book
Glued single leaves fall out one by one, while sewn pages fail as folds and sections.
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From the opening
Perfect binding clamps separate leaves, mills the spine edge, and glues on a cover so each page is held only by adhesive. It fails when that glue lets go and pages drop out as single sheets, a different break from a book whose sections are sewn. The opening covers leaves glued at a milled edge, pages fall out one by one, and sewn books fail in sections.
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Inside
- Leaves glued at a milled edge
- Pages fall out one by one
- Sewn books fail in sections
- Coatings give glue less fiber
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Adhesive perfect binding
- Sewn signatures contrasted with glued leaves