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Am I the only one who thinks wheat paste beats PVA glue for spine lining on repair jobs?
I keep seeing people in here tell new binders to grab PVA for everything, and I just do not agree when it comes to rebacking old books. Last month I fixed a 1920s hymnal for a lady at my church in Dayton, the spine was cracked and the old liner was shot, and I used wheat paste like my grandfather showed me in his shop back in 2004. PVA dries stiff as a board, so the spine loses that little bit of give it needs when you open the covers, and after maybe 20 opens the hinge starts pulling again. Wheat paste stays flexible, gives you way more open time to work the cloth down smooth, and it is reversible with a little moisture if you mess up, which PVA is not. I have done about 30 rebacks this way and not one has come back to me. Yes it is slower and yes it can buckle paper if you slop it on, but that is a skill problem, not a paste problem. So for the folks who do repairs, what made you pick one over the other, or am I just old and stuck in my ways?
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spencer_park2622d ago
Buddy's 1930s Bible reback failed with PVA in a year.
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