That time I tried to skip sanding on a leather cover and totally regretted it

I was working on a journal for a friend last weekend and thought I could get away with just gluing the leather straight onto the boards without sanding the spine edge first. Big mistake lol. The whole thing peeled back at the hinge after I left it in the press overnight. I had to take it apart and start over, which cost me like 3 hours and some extra glue. Has anyone else learned a similar lesson by cutting corners on the prep work?

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oliver219d ago

My first leather project I skipped deglossing the boards. Lasted about a month before the whole cover started lifting at the corners. That extra hour of prep would have saved me a full rebuild. Never again.

oscar_ellis19d ago

Tried sanding them with 220 grit first and that fixed the bond issues for me.