I finally learned the hard way that PVA glue from the hardware store isn't the same as bookbinders PVA

A retired bookbinder named Frank told me to stop using Elmer's for my rebinds last February and I ignored him, now all my 2023 journals are falling apart at the spines because the cheap stuff doesn't flex with the paper over time, has anyone else had a whole batch of books fail on them this way?

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alicecooper16d ago

Read an archivist said hardware glue turns brittle over time. Sucks.

jamie_white16d ago

Wait, the glue just... decays?