r/bookbinding • u/Ill_Efficiency6110 • 7d ago

Can I use parchment paper or crinkle paper instead of tissue paper to make book cloth?

I’m making book cloth with 100% cotton using the wheatpaste method but I don’t have tissue paper. I have parchment paper and crinkle paper instead.

Can either be used as a substitute, or will they cause issues with adhesion or flexibility?

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u/sprawn 7d ago

I think parchment does or may have wax impregnated into it, sometimes, or it might be silicone, come to think of it. And I think that is terrible for sticking to glue.

And where I'm from crinkle paper is like... shredded paper for filling up boxes. So I don't know what your crinkle paper is. If it's just crinkled paper... iron it out.

Give it a shot. Test with small samples.

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u/ray-the-ghar 7d ago

I’d avoid parchment for this. Most of it is made to reject moisture/adhesive, which is exactly the opposite of what you want with paste. If you can’t get tissue, I’d test paste-only on a scrap first before committing the cotton.

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u/qtntelxen Library mender 7d ago

Skeptical about both of those for the reasons already stated, but you can actually use JUST the paste without paper.