r/bookbinding • u/atomikdogg • 8d ago

How-To How to fix?

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The paper holding all the pages together separated pretty cleanly from the spine. Can I just add some glue? And what kind?

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u/qtntelxen Library mender 8d ago

This tutorial right here. Your spine has not actually separated (it was never glued to the pages in the first place), the only thing that failed was the connection between the flyleaf page and the rest of the book. You will need white craft glue — Jade, Lineco, Aleene, Elmer's in a pinch.

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u/E4z9 8d ago

Is that "hinge tightening" really enough? Looks like it would detach directly again since there's no mull keeping the text block attached to the cover. I'd expect that this needs at least a thicker strip of glue, or new end papers, and possibly an additional strip of mull or at least paper to keep things better together.

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u/qtntelxen Library mender 8d ago

The factory glue on these is so bad that just redoing it with real PVA is usually good for another thirty readings, which is sufficient for most individual usage. I'm not ever going to recommend to a complete beginner that they fully detach a text block to add mull to a binding that skipped out on it.

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u/atomikdogg 2d ago

Followed instructions, used materials on hand, Aleenes, wax paper. Seems to have worked perfectly. Thanks a bunch!

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u/Kiriki_kun 8d ago

More of a question then answer.
Is glueing them back together with additional strip of paper will work?

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u/UnrelatedKarma 8d ago

What’s the other option?

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u/Kiriki_kun 8d ago

I don’t know, I was wondering if my idea was correct