Reinforcing Materials Comparison charts

Side Fed

Material NameDescriptionMaterial ConstructionThread CountElongation

60# Natural Crepe Kraft
Description: A side-fed crepe-paper used as a capping material and headband feeder.Material Construction: 100% Recycled MaterialThread Count: n/aElongation: n/a

60# White Crepe Kraft
Description: A side-fed white crepe-paper, with slight elongation, used as a capping material.Material Construction: 100% Recycled MaterialThread Count: n/aElongation: 6.70%

70/110Z
Description: A side-fed crepe paper with excellent elongation for rounding and backing.Material Construction: Crepe PaperThread Count: n/aElongation: 43.80%

70# Natural Crepe Kraft
Description: A side-fed crepe-paper used as a capping material and headband feeder.Material Construction: 100% Recycled MaterialThread Count: n/aElongation: n/a

70# Natural Smooth Kraft
Description: A side-fed smooth kraft paper used as a capping material and headband feeder.Material Construction: 100% Recycled MaterialThread Count: n/aElongation: n/a

BP280 – 40# White Crepe Kraft
BP280, white creped kraft, is a bleached 40# pound absorbent capping material.  Material Construction: 40# white bleached creped kraftThread Count: n/aElongation: n/a

GP2R
Description: Capping paper and a super-like fabric combined to reinforce the book block for flatback books.Material Construction: 100% CottonThread Count: 20×26Elongation: 7.70%

GP5W
Description: Capping paper and an open-weave fabric combined to reinforce the book block for rounded and backed books.Material Construction: 100% CottonThread Count: 36×44Elongation: 18.10%

GS5L
Description: A side-fed material that is a combination crepe paper and woven material that allows the spine to be rounded and backed.Material Construction: Crepe Paper Reinforced with 100% CottonThread Count: 46×25Elongation: 25.40%

HSBP
Sturdy, 80# capping paper. Material Construction: 80# paperThread Count: n/aElongation: n/a

LBSuper Ribbed
Description: Ribbed super for NASTA textbooks.Material Construction: 100% CottonThread Count: 41×17Elongation: n/a

LRCM
Description: Our latex reinforced capping material (LRCM) is an excellent choice when applied on your perfect binder as a backlining material.Material Construction: Latex Saturated PaperThread Count: n/aElongation: n/a

Rear Fed

Material NameDescriptionMaterial ConstructionThread CountElongation

Cotton Specification
Cotton reinforcing material for square back books.100% Cotton68×6820.79%

GP2R
Capping paper and a super-like fabric combined to reinforce the book block for flatback books.100% Cotton20×267.70%

GP5W
Capping paper and an open-weave fabric combined to reinforce the book block for rounded and backed books.100% Cotton36×4418.10%

Caseliners

Material NameDescriptionMaterial ConstructionThread CountElongation

10-pt. Caseliner
This 100% recycled kraft caselining material is recommended for stabilizing the spine of lightweight volumes.100% Recycled Materialn/an/a

13-pt. Caseliner
This 100% recycled kraft caselining material is recommended for stabilizing the spine of medium and lightweight volumes.100% Recycled Materialn/an/a

17-pt. Caseliner
This 100% recycled kraft caselining material is recommended for stabilizing the spine of medium and lightweight volumes.100% Recycled Materialn/an/a

Spine Hollow 300g
Heavy duty caseliner.100% Recycled Materialn/an/a

Spine Hollow 600g
Caseliner that is an excellent alternative to board spine strips.100% Recycled Materialn/an/a

Reinforcing Tapes

Material NameDescriptionMaterial ConstructionThread CountElongation

Black Cambric Tape
Black, woven polycotton material used to reinforce endsheets.Polycotton74 x 44n/a

Cambric Tape
Woven cotton material used to reinforce endsheets.100% Cotton68×6825.07%

Drill Tape
Woven polycotton material used to reinforce endsheets.Polycottonn/an/a

Thermo Kraft Tape
A reinforcing material that is heat activated to combine two folded sheets together, resulting in a finished combined endsheet.Embossed, heat activated papern/an/a