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How to make them.

How to make marbelilzed endpapers.

Note: Endpapers are the two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages.

Fill a dishpan with water. Float some vegetable oil on top of the water. Drop paint or food coloring onto the oil and stir the drops gently on top of the water.

Don't mix them with the water. Set your precut endpapers, one at a time, on the surface of the water. Don't submerge them. Let the color soak through the paper. Swirl the paper around, if necessary.

Lift up the endpapers and dry them on newspaper. Press the dried endpapers between pages of a big book like a dictionary to flatten them. Trim the edges so they are straight. Now your endpapers are ready to be glued in your book. Marbleized endpapers are found in many oldfashioned books with leather bindings. They are part of traditional bookmaking.

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