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Circa/Rollabind cover material, or A4 covers

I'm in the UK, and seeking recommendations for what material to use for Circa/Rollabind notebook covers, or for a source of pre-made A4 covers. I have a Rollabind desktop punch, and any material for home-made covers needs to be "punchable" with that.

So far I'm using the cardboard backings from some A4 refill pads, but I'm hoping for something stiffer and, hopefully, better-looking.

Advice gratefully received...

aef

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Found some

In case anyone else has the same issue...

I found some A4 Rollabind-ish notepads in WHSmith, which come with plastic covers and plastic tabbed dividers. They're not quite the same as Rollabind (the holes are more 'T'-shaped than mushroom-shaped), but they're semi-compatible.

In particular, paper punched with my Rollabind punch fits the notebooks, and the covers and dividers fit the small-sized Rollabind rings I have, but not the medium size - I think the middle of the discs is too thick. The rings, covers and dividers all seem good and work well. The paper which comes in the notebooks is a bit flimsy, though, and can get chewed-up around the holes. I dumped all the paper from the notebooks in the recycling bin and just use my own.

They were around ?5 per notebook.

Anthony

 
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