I've been folding my endpapers wrong for like a year

I was watching a video from a binder in Portland and noticed they creased the fold with a bone folder before gluing, not after. I'd been doing it after for months and my papers always had tiny wrinkles. Tried their way on a small notebook last week and the corner was perfectly smooth. Has anyone else had a basic step they were just doing backwards?

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ryan_carr5917d ago

Honestly saw a tip about that in an old forum thread, makes a huge difference.

stone.evan17d ago

Wait, are you talking about the old tip for cleaning the sensor? That one actually got proven wrong a few years back. @ryan_carr59, the method with the brush can sometimes push dust into the edges. I learned the hard way and had to send my camera in. The better way is to use those air blowers first, before you touch anything. It saves you a lot of trouble and money.

johnson.lee14d ago

Yeah, that bone folder trick is a game changer... read about it in some old bookbinding forum archives. They said the pre-crease sets a memory in the paper so it doesn't fight the glue. Makes total sense now, but I was doing it after for ages too.