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I thought the wheat paste guy at the Phoenix swap meet was selling me nonsense, then I tried his glue recipe on a cracked spine
A guy at the swap meet in Phoenix sold me a little bag of wheat paste powder for $3 and swore it would flex better than my PVA on old book spines. I smiled and tossed it in my bag because I figured it was just some hippie thing. Three weeks ago I had a 1912 dictionary with a spine that cracked every time I opened it, so I mixed up his paste as a last resort. That spine has opened flat 30 or 40 times since with no new cracks, and the paste dried clear instead of shiny like my PVA does. Has anyone else here gone back to wheat paste for repairs, or am I about to ruin a bunch of books by trusting a stranger at a flea market?
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jessew8325d ago
Tbh that story would make me nervous too, since trusting a random guy at a swap meet with a 1912 dictionary is a real gamble. But wheat paste has been used for book repair for ages, so it's not some made up thing, and the fact that it dried clear and stayed flexible says a lot. Honestly if it's holding up after 30 or 40 opens, that's the test that matters more than where you bought it.
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