How to Colour the Edges of a Book

In this video I'll demonstrate how to put solid coloured edges on a book. I will do a basic edge preparation with a final brush burnishing and a more thorough edge preparation with final burnishing with an agate burnisher.

The agate burnisher I use is from Hewits


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The music used in this video is performed by Jon Sayles. Jon has some great classical guitar music on his website, which he shares freely. I highly recommend you check it out.

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