How to Protect a Dust Jacket with a Mylar Cover

[@gailmary2]

This is one of the best instructional videos I have ever watched. The presenter was clear and concise and illustrated her points as she demonstrated. Making a dust jacket cover ended up being so easy after I was so anxious about doinf it wrong. This is an excellent website!! 😃

[@WoodlandPoetry]

Never occurred to me to cut off that fold. I thought it was for extra cushioning. I learn so much from you. Thank you!😄

[@andrealoyola1766]

I want to borrow that book! I've never read the original. Thanks for the wonderful information.

[@DCPorter71]

I enjoy seeing you restore and preserve old books it surprising relaxing. Great job on that one by the way. :)

[@525Lines]

Excellent guide!

[@word42069]

Such a seemingly simple task but can go so wrong if done incorrectly or half-hazardly.. as is the case with many aspects of book restoration & preservation.

[@SaveYourBooks]

Absolutely. It is hard to give enough warnings and still teach anything!

[@mallorybraun7494]

Truly such a good video, thank you! I'm gonna share this with my coworkers!

[@fludrbywest3886]

Mine are from “bodart” and acid free archival quality ❣️❤️ I have a roll and cut to length !! ☺️❣️”no Tape” at all on my books❣️💫✨library’s do use tape but you can cover the dust covers and apply the book covers without using tape at all and it stays on until you take it off .I tuck my front and back book leafs into the end flap vacant space instead of just folding the jacket over the book leafs. It’s tight and be genital it will fit but it won’t just fall off when you open the book. ♥️❣️

[@herrickkimball]

This is a great tutorial. Thank you.

[@SaveYourBooks]

You are welcome!

[@chronicler2313]

I enjoyed! Whats the piano song at the end? I like it.

[@SaveYourBooks]

It is called Honey. Cheers. I bought it for reuse but anyone can do the same. Can't remember where I got it from.

[@Finch_Kid]

So helpful, thank you!

[@christinea.warburton4483]

This is great, but with my Brodart cover I am sticking a bit on the part where you cut it with the kitchen knife, even though it was sharpened; it made the cover slightly not covering the dust jacket in part, and didn't cut cleanly. Scissors are not easy either.

[@danielle3347]

Thank you, very informative and helpful!

[@ckj324]

Why wouldn’t you want to use archival repair tape to the backside of book cover to strengthen the torn areas?

[@SaveYourBooks]

I made a whole free course to answer this question. Basically you can, but there are some reasons it is better to use tissue and paste. saveyourbooks.com/course/3-102-how-to-use-archival-tape-to-repair-pages/

[@inkpen9547]

Very nice and detailed 😀

[@LazyCook]

You are doing some great work here. Keep it up.

[@pilkjaer]

"Buy at you local book store"... With people buying everything online or reading books digitally (if any) my local book store is selling mostly postcards, puzzles and office supplies. Book selection is poor as well. I really like your channel and i love book repairing but I have big troubles finding necessary supplies.

[@SaveYourBooks]

Bookbinding supplies have always been hard to come by. www.saveyourbooks.com has a few. check out talasonline.com too. and colophonbookarts.com. These are all in the U.S.

[@hf3488]

Any tips for removing old library decimal markings on the binding. Not stickers, like actual white paint stuff.

[@SaveYourBooks]

I have several video courses on this on my website: saveyourbooks.com/

[@colormeinfluenced6997]

great tips, thanks!

[@inkpen9547]

Does this come large enough for a book 13.5 x 11.5 and 1.5 (thick) spine? Thank you

[@SaveYourBooks]

You will have to go to Brodart or Gaylord or University Product etc... directly. I think so but I don't sell them.

[@keenowl1410]

The next video will be how to protect your cover for your dust cover with another cover...

[@SaveYourBooks]

It never ends!! Lol

[@keenowl1410]

@@SaveYourBooks lol

[@susanbrown7937]

So is putting tape on dust covers to hold it on the book is not necessary. What about when libraries do that? Is it bad for the book?

[@SaveYourBooks]

Tape is completely unnecessary for a personal library . Public Libraries do it to get more uses out of the book. The tape does damage to the covers so anyone who wants to preserve the value should not use tape. The goal of the library is more uses not preserving the value. cheers.

[@oopsburntoast]

@@SaveYourBooksI was watching your video because I was thinking of doing this for my daughters books. She’s just 3 so I’m thinking about tape just because of her age to help it stay on the book.

[@SaveYourBooks]

There is a way to tape the cover to itself rather than to the book. Just cover the sticky part with a bit more tape.

[@chhhhhris]

Hey, I have some books from the 60's - 70's marked up with yellow highlighter. I've tried rubbing with 70% alcohol, lime & lemon juice, nothing works! Do you have any tips? Thanks, -Chris

[@SaveYourBooks]

Hey there, I am so sorry I don't have better news. Highlighter soaks into the fibers and you can't get it out. :(

[@chhhhhris]

@@SaveYourBooks :(

[@allenparry]

I asked an expert chemist and he said there was no way to remove highlighting.

[@MacakPodSIjemom]

I'm actually surprised you kept that paper on. I thought it should be removed once the film got folded to fit the dust jacket

[@SaveYourBooks]

There are good reasons either way. I prefer to leave it on to keep the surface pH more even to avoid creating lines of shadow.

[@storytime-teacherteresagen1809]

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