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The kettle steam that wrecked my first case binding, and the towel trick that saved the next one
Last Tuesday I was pressing a case binding in my garage in Boise and set my tea kettle on the same bench while the glue dried. Big mistake. The steam curled the headband and lifted one corner of the cover board by almost a quarter inch. I pulled it off the press, slid a dry terry cloth under the joint, and laid a flat cast iron pan on top for about 40 minutes. It pulled most of the warp out flat. The corner still has a tiny lift if you catch the light right. My fix going forward is keeping any heat or moisture on the far bench and letting boards sit under the pan overnight. Has anyone else saved a warped cover like this, or is it just a lost cause past a certain point?
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