How to Unbind a Book
Open the cover and lay the book on a flat, hard surface., Cut along the interior fold of the cover., Cut off the back cover of the book., Pull out the threads in the spine., Open the book and cut the spine of the book., Pull out the pages.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open the cover and lay the book on a flat
Open the front cover of the book and place it on a surface that you don't care about scratching.
You will be cutting into the book with a sharp knife, and there's a chance that it will go through the book and onto your table., You must remove the back and front cover before you can start removing the pages.
Open the book and use a utility knife to cut along the inside binding of the book.
If it's a hardcover book, you'll have to apply a good amount of pressure to go through the cover.
Once you've made your cuts, pull away the front cover of the book.The interior fold is where the front cover and back cover of the book connect to the rest of the pages.
Be careful and cut away from your body. , Flip the book over and make a straight cut down the binding of the book.
Pull the back cover away so that it's no longer connected to the pages of the book.
Again, you may have to apply a considerable amount of pressure to cut all the way through the book., Sometimes there will be threads inside of the book spine.
Carefully pull the spine away from the book pages.
Use a set of tweezers to carefully pull them out.
Continue pulling them until there are no more threads in the spine.
If you pull all of the threads, the pages should start to come loose.If you are unbinding a softcover book, you can skip this step because they typically use a glue adhesive to keep the pages together. , Open the book to the middle page so that the text on the pages are facing you.
Use a razor blade and carefully cut down the center of the book.
This should detach both sides of the book.
You may have to apply considerable pressure to get all the way through the binding., Sometimes the pages will just begin to detach if you've cut down the center of the book.
If they don't, open the book page by page and cut down the binding to fully remove them. -
Step 2: hard surface.
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Step 3: Cut along the interior fold of the cover.
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Step 4: Cut off the back cover of the book.
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Step 5: Pull out the threads in the spine.
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Step 6: Open the book and cut the spine of the book.
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Step 7: Pull out the pages.
Detailed Guide
Open the front cover of the book and place it on a surface that you don't care about scratching.
You will be cutting into the book with a sharp knife, and there's a chance that it will go through the book and onto your table., You must remove the back and front cover before you can start removing the pages.
Open the book and use a utility knife to cut along the inside binding of the book.
If it's a hardcover book, you'll have to apply a good amount of pressure to go through the cover.
Once you've made your cuts, pull away the front cover of the book.The interior fold is where the front cover and back cover of the book connect to the rest of the pages.
Be careful and cut away from your body. , Flip the book over and make a straight cut down the binding of the book.
Pull the back cover away so that it's no longer connected to the pages of the book.
Again, you may have to apply a considerable amount of pressure to cut all the way through the book., Sometimes there will be threads inside of the book spine.
Carefully pull the spine away from the book pages.
Use a set of tweezers to carefully pull them out.
Continue pulling them until there are no more threads in the spine.
If you pull all of the threads, the pages should start to come loose.If you are unbinding a softcover book, you can skip this step because they typically use a glue adhesive to keep the pages together. , Open the book to the middle page so that the text on the pages are facing you.
Use a razor blade and carefully cut down the center of the book.
This should detach both sides of the book.
You may have to apply considerable pressure to get all the way through the binding., Sometimes the pages will just begin to detach if you've cut down the center of the book.
If they don't, open the book page by page and cut down the binding to fully remove them.
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