Re: [BKARTS] Removing smudges from page edges

[Peter Verheyen <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IF these are new books and they are being rebound as you state, I would
just lightly trim the edges as part of the process. For a superclean
(smooth) edge use a guillotine, for a more interesting edge, trim the
individual signatures in a board shear, or some combination.

Peter

At 10:00 AM 3/29/2005, you wrote:
> Anyone have tips for removing smudges, fingerprints or dirt from page edges?
> We are asking a binder to re-bind a set of books for presentation to a
> particular individual.  But some of the books have been in a warehouse for a
> number of years and have collected dirt and smudges on the page edges.  This
> is readily noticeable when one pulls the book from the shelf, and we would
> hate to spoil what will otherwise be a very attractive binding.
>
> Mark Klemens

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