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wade_kelly77•16h ago

Switched from PVA to wheat paste on my last rebind and the spine barely moved

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adam_baker•1d ago

Saw a hand bound book at the Cleveland flea market last week with visible sewing and I can't decide if it's craft or a flaw

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drewthompson•2d ago

Spent 3 hours polishing a spine with wax paper in 2019, now I just use a $12 teflon bone folder from a shop in Portland

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angela_patel75•2d ago

My mentor told me to stop rounding my spines after 12 years of doing it

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nathankim•3d ago

Does glue type really matter for small repair jobs? Argued with a conservator about it

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stellat46•11d ago

Pressing boards warp if you store them wrong, found out the hard way

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felixm29•13d ago

Why I gave up on PVA for bookcloth, went back to wheat paste

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sammartinez•14d ago

Switched to paste-down hinges after a customer complaint in Nashville

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david703•18d ago

A customer in Portland corrected my rounding technique

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olivia_white93•23d ago

Hit 50 hand-bound journals this weekend and it hit different

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ray_sullivan•26d ago

That $8 bone folder changed my whole routine

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max_cooper21•29d ago

The day I stopped fighting my thread and let the book tell me where to go

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emma_wells83•1mo ago

A retired binder in Portland warned me about PVA glue acidity, I brushed him off

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the_wesley•1mo ago

Went to a library book sale in Portland, the repair jobs made me wince

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josephbailey•1mo ago

My press snapped a brand new text block, I'm still not over it

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