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Learned a hinge trick the hard way at a library repair workshop
Last month I went to a hands-on book repair session at the downtown library and watched the instructor fix a cracked hinge with just wheat paste and a strip of Japanese paper. They said it holds for decades if you let it dry under a weight for 6 hours, not the 2 I was doing at home. I tried it on a 1940s novel that had a loose board and now it opens flat without any creaking. Does anyone else skip the expensive hinge tape and go straight to paste and paper?
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elizabethhayes1mo ago
Wheat paste and Japanese paper is the real fix. Tape is for people who want a quick patch that yellows and fails in five years. That 6 hour weight thing is no joke either. I did 3 hours once on a 1950s hardcover and the joint puckered up like a raisin. Wait the full time, weigh it down, walk away.
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