Chasing a bubble in my spine for 3 hours this morning

I thought I had an air bubble in my glue when I was casing in a text block, turned out it was just a tiny bit of dried glue on my brush. Anyone else spend way too long diagnosing the wrong problem?

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uma_patel1913d ago

Is it really that serious though? I mean, a bubble in the spine isn't going to ruin the whole book unless it's a huge one. People get way too worked up about tiny imperfections that nobody else will ever notice. Sounds like you spent three hours chasing a ghost when you probably could have just wiped the brush and moved on. Maybe it's just me but I've seen books with actual bubbles get sold just fine. Seems like a waste of time over something that might not have even been there.

robinl9012d ago

Nah you're missing the point. A bubble in the glue line spreads fast and turns into a crease later. I've had a book look perfect on the shelf then crack open weird after a month because of a tiny bubble I ignored. It's not about being picky for no reason. It's about knowing that small stuff adds up. You wouldn't leave a loose screw in a chair and call it fine.