I thought my friend was nuts for using a wheat paste recipe from the 1800s

He kept going on about this old glue he mixed up from flour and water, saying it was better for certain repairs. I finally tried it on a 1902 poetry collection with some loose signatures, just to prove him wrong. After it dried, the flex was perfect and the hold was strong, but not brittle like some modern stuff. Has anyone else gone back to the really old school methods for specific jobs?

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juliawalker1mo ago

Your friend might be nuts, but he's also right (which is the worst kind of friend). Sometimes the old ways just work better for the old stuff. Now you're both weird glue guys.

xena_miller311mo ago

Totally used to think new was always better, but @juliawalker is right about the old ways working for old stuff. Guess I'm a weird glue guy now too.