Schmedt. The world of bookbinding

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Developed back in 1981 in the Atelier Hugo Peller in collaboration with the Centro del bel libro in Ascona, the colours of AscoColor® still represent the reference for high-quality marbling colours. With a bit of practice, impressive works of art can be created on the basis of the oil paints in combination with the Gelasco marbling base. End products are smudge-, wash- and light-fast. The production location in Germany ensures a consistently high quality of all components. In addition to the traditional oil-based marbling paints, we have expanded our portfolio of marbling paints under the AscoColor eco brand in 2021, focusing on environmental compatibility.

English Buckram (also known as Arbelave Library Buckram) has been the binding fabric for high-quality and durable library covers for over 75 years. Today, professionals also choose this fabric for particularly heavy-duty products such as menus or sample books. We carry the entire range of English Buckram products with their wide variety of colours (a total of 69 different colours in four types); all from stock and available from 1 metre.

Filmolux films are used to protect or reinforce books and are available in various qualities, adhesive properties and dimensions. In addition to the classic films, bio-based and particularly environmentally friendly films are also available.

Filmoplast are book repair tapes made of special paper and cotton fabric. The Filmoplast range includes Filmoplast P and P90 for repairing book pages as well as P90 plus for framing, Filmoplast R for heat sealing and Filmoplast T and SH for reinforcing, folding etc.

Double-sided adhesive films for equipping paper, prints, photos and other graphic applications, acid-free and non-ageing, available in different qualities, tacks and dimensions.

iBookBinding is a podcast and blog about book art and book history (you can find it under iBookBinding.com). In addition, iBookBinding produces many practical tools for book binding itself. These tools are made with innovative 3d printing technology, making them perfect for DIY projects, as they can greatly simplify the work for a slim price. Thus, a wide variety of work can be realized easily, quickly and neatly. In particular, the tools are suitable for making notebooks, scrapbooks or boxes. We are pleased to offer a selection of their tools from stock, immediately available.

We took over the Maroquin brand and the production of the well-known leather care products in 2016. In addition to the well-known Maroquin Leather Balm and Leather Vaseline, we have expanded the range to include Maroquin Aniline Leather Paint and Leather Brushes.

As a premium dealer, we carry the entire range of high-quality Planatol adhesives for the specialist trade. Dispersion adhesives, hot melt and PUR adhesives, PLANAMELT adhesives, all available from stock and can be ordered in small as well as large quantities. As a specialist for Planatol adhesives, we are very familiar with the entire product portfolio and can recommend a suitable adhesive for your individual application. Especially in the field of adhesives, good advice is essential for a high-quality and durable end product.

In this guide we show you how easy it can be to bind your own hardcover book. With our detailed step-by-step instructions including a video we want to inspire more people to discover the world of bookbinding.

The original: Schärffix® is a device to pare leather products, especially for leather book cases. A sharp blade and a suitable paring roll thin the leather on the inside which makes the leather easier to turn-in or hinge. It is small and handy is supplied in a case including spare blades, different paring rollers and tools. We supply plenty of tools for leather treatment, such as paring knives, paring stone, leather scissors, leather dyes and leather care products.

Besides edge-gilding with our edge-gilding roller and foil we also offer tools and consumables for gilding with real gold leaf such as gilding knives, agate burnishers, gold leaf, binding agent, gilder's tip and gilding cushion.

How to gild edges in just 5 steps - A step-by-step guide to edge gilding. Book-edge finishing was historically used for very high-value books - in the past, every valuable and special book had an edge covered in gold, chalk, graphite or dye. The gilded edge was the highest quality method and was done with real gold leaf (see also our tutorial with gold leaf). Nowadays, edge gilding is used very little and has a very special effect as a result.

For gilding, edge gilding and decoration of books and leather products you need the right tools and materials. In the following video, we show a selection of our products you can use for this purpose.

If you are going to create your own book case, you may use our case-making squares. These help you to easily position boards and spine on the cover sheet so that the case will be straight and square.

It is not always easy to apply metal book corners. To make this easier, we have invented a little press, which comes in two versions: manual PräPremo and PräPremo Pro with air pressure. In this guide, we show how to use them and how easy they make it to fix book corners to a book cover or finished book.

Marble is a limestone that has a special colour structure. When marbling paper, you want to achieve such colour structures or marble effects and capture them on paper. For DIY enthusiasts, this is also possible at home and not many tools are required. The special thing about marbling paper is that the marble effect looks different every time, each piece of paper being unique. The good thing is, anyone with a little patience and enjoyment can actually learn how to marble paper.

Discover our comprehensive guide to adhesives for bookbinding. Find out which adhesive is suitable for which material and application, from dispersion to hotmelt.

In this guide we show you how easy it can be to bind your own hardcover book. With our detailed step-by-step instructions including a video we want to inspire more people to discover the world of bookbinding.

The original: Schärffix® is a device to pare leather products, especially for leather book cases. A sharp blade and a suitable paring roll thin the leather on the inside which makes the leather easier to turn-in or hinge. It is small and handy is supplied in a case including spare blades, different paring rollers and tools. We supply plenty of tools for leather treatment, such as paring knives, paring stone, leather scissors, leather dyes and leather care products.

Besides edge-gilding with our edge-gilding roller and foil we also offer tools and consumables for gilding with real gold leaf such as gilding knives, agate burnishers, gold leaf, binding agent, gilder's tip and gilding cushion.

How to gild edges in just 5 steps - A step-by-step guide to edge gilding. Book-edge finishing was historically used for very high-value books - in the past, every valuable and special book had an edge covered in gold, chalk, graphite or dye. The gilded edge was the highest quality method and was done with real gold leaf (see also our tutorial with gold leaf). Nowadays, edge gilding is used very little and has a very special effect as a result.

For gilding, edge gilding and decoration of books and leather products you need the right tools and materials. In the following video, we show a selection of our products you can use for this purpose.

If you are going to create your own book case, you may use our case-making squares. These help you to easily position boards and spine on the cover sheet so that the case will be straight and square.

It is not always easy to apply metal book corners. To make this easier, we have invented a little press, which comes in two versions: manual PräPremo and PräPremo Pro with air pressure. In this guide, we show how to use them and how easy they make it to fix book corners to a book cover or finished book.

Marble is a limestone that has a special colour structure. When marbling paper, you want to achieve such colour structures or marble effects and capture them on paper. For DIY enthusiasts, this is also possible at home and not many tools are required. The special thing about marbling paper is that the marble effect looks different every time, each piece of paper being unique. The good thing is, anyone with a little patience and enjoyment can actually learn how to marble paper.

Discover our comprehensive guide to adhesives for bookbinding. Find out which adhesive is suitable for which material and application, from dispersion to hotmelt.

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New: ORA Book Cloth

+ 100% cotton + paper backing
+ affordable uncoated cloth
+ 6 pastel colours

29 colours to discover!

Banner Buckram Pearl

English Buckram Pearl

+ New shade, proven robustness
+ e.g. for menu cards, wedding books

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natural linen

7 new natural linen cloths

+ 100% cotton
+ with coarser texture

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Rainbow

Acrylic-coated paper
Clearance sale

+ Special price: 2,95€/m
+ Leather appearance
+ With eco-friendly coating

Photo album blanks

Photo album blanks

+ Just make book cover and casing-in
+ 3 sizes & 2 colors
+ Headband at head and foot

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Sidra - Apple leather

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apple leather

Bio-based vegan alternative to genuine leather
+ robust and water repellent
+ gorgeous blind embossing

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Ora • binding cloth - Colour 005 - pastel salmon - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindi... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 005 - pastel salmon - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindi... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 005 - pastel salmon

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 004 - pastel pink - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 004 - pastel pink - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 004 - pastel pink

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 003 - pastel lilac - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindin... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 003 - pastel lilac - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindin... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 003 - pastel lilac

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 018 - jet black - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding e... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 018 - jet black - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding e... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 018 - jet black

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Hot-stamping die / block - for stamping logos and motifs - For gluing onto the block holder of an embossing press and then embossing onto cl... - image-1

Hot-stamping die / block - for stamping logos and motifs - For gluing onto the block holder of an embossing press and then embossing onto cl... - image-1

Hot-stamping die / block

for stamping logos and motifs

Available, delivery time 1-2 weeks

From €53.00*

Washi Tape / Masking Tape | Matt - Colour 44 - yellow - Applications: Decorating photo albums, scrap books, gifts, pocket calendars and more... - image-1

Washi Tape / Masking Tape | Matt - Colour 44 - yellow - Applications: Decorating photo albums, scrap books, gifts, pocket calendars and more... - image-1

Washi Tape / Masking Tape | Matt

Roll dimensions: 15 mm x 7 m

Colour: 44 - yellow

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€2.99*

Pricking bar - to prick paper layers prior to manual sewing - for easy and even pricking of paper layers before manual sewing.... - image-1

Pricking bar - to prick paper layers prior to manual sewing - for easy and even pricking of paper layers before manual sewing.... - image-1

Pricking bar / Punching cradle

to prick paper layers prior to manual sewing

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€39.00*

Magnetic corner clamp, 90° - with neodymium magnets. - Helpful tool when making boxes and cases, e. g. when gluing.... - image-1

Magnetic corner clamp, 90° - with neodymium magnets. - Helpful tool when making boxes and cases, e. g. when gluing.... - image-1

Magnetic corner clamp, 90°

with neodymium magnets.

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €11.67* to €18.68*

Custom cut-to-size board blanks (configurator)

Custom cut-to-size board blanks (configurator)

Custom cut-to-size board blanks (configurator)

cut from premium quality bookbinder's grey board

In stock, deliverable at short notice

From €0.10*

Sidra • Apple leather - Colour 007 - apple green - for high quality books, photo books, albums, menus, boxes etc.... - image-1

Sidra • Apple leather - Colour 007 - apple green - for high quality books, photo books, albums, menus, boxes etc.... - image-1

Sidra • Apple leather

vegan apple-based leather alternative

Colour: 007 - apple green

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.24* to €9.75*

Hot-stamping die / block - for stamping logos and motifs - For gluing onto the block holder of an embossing press and then embossing onto cl... - image-1

Hot-stamping die / block - for stamping logos and motifs - For gluing onto the block holder of an embossing press and then embossing onto cl... - image-1

Hot-stamping die / block

for stamping logos and motifs

Available, delivery time 1-2 weeks

From €53.00*

Sidra • Apple leather - Colour 007 - apple green - for high quality books, photo books, albums, menus, boxes etc.... - image-1

Sidra • Apple leather - Colour 007 - apple green - for high quality books, photo books, albums, menus, boxes etc.... - image-1

Sidra • Apple leather

vegan apple-based leather alternative

Colour: 007 - apple green

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.24* to €9.75*

Washi Tape / Masking Tape | Matt - Colour 44 - yellow - Applications: Decorating photo albums, scrap books, gifts, pocket calendars and more... - image-1

Washi Tape / Masking Tape | Matt - Colour 44 - yellow - Applications: Decorating photo albums, scrap books, gifts, pocket calendars and more... - image-1

Washi Tape / Masking Tape | Matt

Roll dimensions: 15 mm x 7 m

Colour: 44 - yellow

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€2.99*

Pricking bar - to prick paper layers prior to manual sewing - for easy and even pricking of paper layers before manual sewing.... - image-1

Pricking bar - to prick paper layers prior to manual sewing - for easy and even pricking of paper layers before manual sewing.... - image-1

Pricking bar / Punching cradle

to prick paper layers prior to manual sewing

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€39.00*

Magnetic corner clamp, 90° - with neodymium magnets. - Helpful tool when making boxes and cases, e. g. when gluing.... - image-1

Magnetic corner clamp, 90° - with neodymium magnets. - Helpful tool when making boxes and cases, e. g. when gluing.... - image-1

Magnetic corner clamp, 90°

with neodymium magnets.

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €11.67* to €18.68*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 005 - pastel salmon - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindi... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 005 - pastel salmon - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindi... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 005 - pastel salmon

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 004 - pastel pink - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 004 - pastel pink - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 004 - pastel pink

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 003 - pastel lilac - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindin... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 003 - pastel lilac - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-bindin... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 003 - pastel lilac

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 018 - jet black - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding e... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth - Colour 018 - jet black - for books, diaries, files, folders, slipcases, cases, boxes, gift packagings, spine-binding e... - image-1

Ora • binding cloth

with fine, uncoated surface

Colour: 018 - jet black

In stock, deliverable at short notice

from €6.31* to €10.82*

Custom cut-to-size board blanks (configurator)

Custom cut-to-size board blanks (configurator)

Custom cut-to-size board blanks (configurator)

cut from premium quality bookbinder's grey board

In stock, deliverable at short notice

From €0.10*

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Satin cord, thick - Length: 100 mts - Colour 002 - blue...

Satin cord, thick - Length: 100 mts - Colour 002 - blue...

Satin cord, thick - Length: 100 mts

approx. 2 mm thick / wrapped around cardboard

Colour: 002 - blue

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€13.90*
€20.00*

%

Chelsea | binding cloth - Colour 188 - sand - for book covers, menus, spine-binding and for producing fabric hooks to be used on the sides o...

Chelsea | binding cloth - Colour 188 - sand - for book covers, menus, spine-binding and for producing fabric hooks to be used on the sides o...

Chelsea | binding cloth

with silk matt coating

Colour: 188 - sand

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€3.00*
€7.50*

%

Chelsea | binding cloth - Colour 188 - sand - for book covers, menus, spine-binding and for producing fabric hooks to be used on the sides o...

Chelsea | binding cloth - Colour 188 - sand - for book covers, menus, spine-binding and for producing fabric hooks to be used on the sides o...

Chelsea | binding cloth

with silk matt coating

Colour: 188 - sand

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€3.00*
€7.50*

%

Satin cord, thick - Length: 100 mts - Colour 002 - blue...

Satin cord, thick - Length: 100 mts - Colour 002 - blue...

Satin cord, thick - Length: 100 mts

approx. 2 mm thick / wrapped around cardboard

Colour: 002 - blue

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€13.90*
€20.00*

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