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How to cover books with contact

The hacks you need to know  - by Rebecca Lowrey Boyd
  • 29 Jan 2018
How to cover books with contact
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No task fills a parent with dread more than covering school books.

Struggling with sticky-backed plastic and smoothing out bubbles are just some of the challenges you face with this onerous back-to-school task.

But there is help at hand with a plethora of tutorials available online, demonstrating clever hacks and easy shortcuts.

We’ve watched them all and narrowed it down to our top three:

1. The ruler hack

How to Cover books with Contact paper

2. The peel-back hack

How to contact your kids' school books by Officeworks

3. The cloth hack

How to cover school books with adhesive plastic - diy life hacks project - #33

But if you're after the ultimate hack, this nifty tool will solve your book-covering problems. Contastick ships to Australia, too!

Contastick - The easy way to cover a book in contact (bubble free | stress free)

This article originally appeared on Better Homes and Gardens.

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