Water and stain resistant book cover for under five dollars

I am an avid book reader, and also enjoy having a snack while reading.  As one thing leads to another, food and drink gets on my books, and can ruin the book or book cover. 

I also make lots of things from duct tape.  So I found a solution to my problem through duct tape. 

Literally all you need is:
A roll of Duct tape (I used several different types for some good color, but you can find a roll for a dollar.)
A book to make a cover for
A knife or something relatively sharp (AND SAFE)

Since you are using a knife, if you are under 18 ask your parents before using a knife.

Step 1: Mesure the length of the book

Take a piece of tape and put it around the top of the cover.  Be sure to count in the inside flaps.  This piece will bu used as a guide for the rest of the strips of duct tape.

Comments

[Criket]

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[Garlikguy]

Its made out of tape. It doesn't have to be Gorilla tape. And last time I checked, tape is an adhesive.

[BossX]

This is really useful i wouldnt of thought of that lol (this is nick btw)

[karossii]

In Step 1, did you actually tape that strip to the book, just to measure it? If you did, that is horrible - you could have used so many other means to measure the length needed without destroying the natural cover of the book!

[Garlikguy]

No I didn't. I made sure to put another piece of duct tape under it so it wouldn't damage the book. I really enjoy that book and wouldn't want to hurt it.