The text block is now placed back in the finishing press, where it will receive the new headbands, super, and paper spine inlay, in that order. Headbands amount to strips of hinge cloth, running grain-short, folded double and with a piece of cotton twine inserted in the fold. If you are going to be doing any quantity of work that will require headbands, it is time-efficient to make up strips of headband material. About 18" to 24" seems to be a good length to work from. The total width (height, actually) of these strips is about 1 ¼".
