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perez.barbara
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14h ago
Tried case binding with PVA from a big box store and the spine cracked on the second open
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charlesowens
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3d ago
Rant: I thought wheat paste was for grade schoolers until I tried it on a 400 page rebind
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fox.jesse
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4d ago
Tried sewing a book with dental floss and it actually held up after 40 openings
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the_wyatt
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5d ago
Finally got my case square after 4 nights of fighting a warped board
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luna519
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7d ago
Update: a book conservator in Portland talked me out of using PVA on a 1930s journal and I'm still thinking about it
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kevin_hernandez83
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8d ago
Guy at the Columbus library repair day showed me a trick for loose signatures
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jake_martin
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8d ago
I switched from PVA to wheat paste on my last 3 rebacks and I'm never going back to the white stuff
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xena_rivera63
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11d ago
After 7 years of stabbing myself, I finally switched to a press for leather covers
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sammurray
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16d ago
The worm press at the county fair changed my whole setup
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the_lucas
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19d ago
The customer who asked me to bind their cat's diary
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iris_ellis
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21d ago
My first flat-back spine actually stayed square
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reese_singh87
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25d ago
My $12 corner punch proved useless after 5 test tries, now I'm asking about alternatives
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reese_singh87
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27d ago
My bone folder snapped mid-round on Tuesday, ended up using a butter knife for 30 pages
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casey_barnes
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27d ago
Glue pot disaster on a Saturday, saved by a hairdryer
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jasonp71
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1mo ago
Tried PVA straight from the jar and got bubbles everywhere
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