4 inch Premium Bookbinding Repair Cloth Tape, 15 Yard Roll, Black

The repair tape is very easy to use. Its user friendly and remains flag until ready to use, ie it does not stick to itself. It has adequate thickness and strength. I had an old manual that has a torn spine and I was able to apply the tape to the underlying paper cover in layers, then take the leather torn spine and apply the tape over that. The burgundy did not match the original red leather cover, but it still looks fine. If I could change two things, it would be the width of the tape and the color.

I've been repairing and restoring antique Hawaiian books. The two pictured are both over 170 years old and neither had a spine. I used book cloth and fussy sub-structure for the larger book, but the rougher, smaller book was easily reassembled using the BookGuard tape. I intended to cover the taped spine with book cloth but the finish on the tape was actually much nicer. So I affixed the leather title labels directly on the tape for a great look. Asterisk Books in Hoboken will make leather and foil labels that add polish to any repaired book. And the BookGuard tape looks amazing with them.The smaller book has both the spine and the cover corners done in the BookGuard tape. The larger has a wide 4.5" book cloth binding, but the edges of the old cover have been protected by the Bookguard tape.There were some partial remnants of the original foilwork on tattered cloth on the the smaller book which is perfectly preserved under some acid-free paper - under the BookGuard tape. This is only possible because of the strong adhesive that has a perfect balance between adhesion and the ability to remove the tape without destroying the fragile surface.

product as described-does the job

Used this tape to quickly repair the spine on some hymnals. As you can imagine, the books are opened and used a few times a week every week, and this tape has been holding up for years now. Great buy.

Worked well to fix a book spine. But it is a long roll. What do I do with the rest of it?

This tape is ideal for repairing and strengthening the spines of worn and used books. The burgundy color was an attractive choice for our repairing the outside wear of a liturgical readings altar book at a traditional Episcopal Church. It also was used to reinforce and repair a clergy hymnal. I would highly recommend due to the color, flexible use, width, and easy application.

My mother-in-law gave me some books that were my husbands as a child but the bindings were loose. I used this to repair them and it is heavy duty and very good tape. I would buy again.

This isn't just duct tape, it is a strong book binder tape. We are using it for the church songbooks that have seen a lot of years.