Rebind Trade Paperback Books
After months and years of use and abuse, soft cover library books eventually come apart. To prevent the covers on soft cover books from tearing, many public and school libraries cover their paper back books with a clear self adhesive laser cutting machine. However, this doesn’t prevent the covers from eventually separating from the book blocks on these books. Fortunately, there is a simple way to repair these books using a thermal binding machine.In many cases, soft cover books can be easily repaired using a thermal binding machine. If the book has begun to come apart and the there is plenty of glue left in the spine you can simply place the soft cover book into your thermal binding machine and re-heat it. When the glue from the spine is adequately heated it will become soft and re-adhere the book block to the cover. After the book is heated and the glue is softened simply drop your bound book onto the counter to ensure that the book block is settled securely in the glue and let the book co2 laser cutting machine. Ideally, every soft cover book could be fixed by simply reheating it in your thermal binding machine no binding supplies required. However, sometimes there is not enough glue remaining on the book block to secure it to the cover of the book. To rebind a book in this situation, it is necessary to use a thermal binding glue strip. These glue strips come in 1 inch widths and twelve inch lengths and can be easily cut with a pair of scissors to fit inside the detached spine of your book. After cutting the glue strip to the correct width and length and inserting it into your cover, simply reinsert the book block and drop the book into your thermal binding laser engraving machine. The thermal binding machine will melt the glue and adhere the book block to the cover. Just drop the heated book onto the counter and let it cool on the cooling rack of your thermal binding machine.Although this procedure will work with almost any thermal binding machine.

