Book Repair - How to Reattach a Cover

No video

Book Repair - How to Reattach a Cover

Рет қаралды 41,580

Rebecca Walker

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 48

@emilynicole121170 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So helpful. One of my books, a real heavy one, completely broke off one side of the cover like that one and I just started reading it😭

@rebeccawalker1819 4 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Good luck with fixing it.

@hippo1701 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rebecca. I will be watching your video several times, then repair my book.

@user-ie3sh6kp7v 11 ай бұрын

Thank u so much. I didn't know what to do with my book after watching this video it gave me an idea to repair.

@Yourenotreal7 2 жыл бұрын

Great thanks🤗 ..easy to listen to,and I liked your tips… esp. utilizing the clamps to hold the book up.

@inthegarden1054 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Love how well you spoke 😍

@sandybeer5062 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rebecca, very clear step by step I followed here

@bendirval3612 9 ай бұрын

I thought the cover spine was supposed to be separate from the book, so it bows out instead of in when the book is opened. Is that not right?

@josephp2229 6 ай бұрын

Thats a different kind of spine. There are quite a few different kinds. Afaik this seems to be a “perfect” spine. The one you mentioned has better support though.

@portalgun13 2 жыл бұрын

Dang, what a great video! I hope you make more one day

@HeyItsSarah30 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was so helpful! I have a BRAND NEW hardcover journal and I guess that the glue was defective because it came apart just like this one the first time I opened it and a big chunk of dried glue also fell out 😩. I’m hoping this works fingers crossed

@rebeccawalker1819 Жыл бұрын

That is the worst! Good luck putting it back together. *cross fingers*

@lacefreak 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very helpful and practical!

@lilliwiley5246 2 ай бұрын

I have a record case that holds several records by the same composer that is cut at one of the edges from top to the any recommendations on how to fix it ?

@martinthatsall1518 3 жыл бұрын

Watch out for self-adhesive products, they always start to harden and fail after a decade or so. Generally irreversible too. OK for basically worthless books but never use on a valuable book. Yes the book will be "rock solid" because Rebecca has ignored how it was originally bound. It will not now lie flat as intended and as a result the hinges and spine will be over-stressed and fail again causing the cover to come off once more.

@rebeccawalker1819 3 жыл бұрын

That's a very good point--thanks!

@TheMewtata Жыл бұрын

Do you have alternative fixes?

@martinthatsall1518 Жыл бұрын

Yes, trawl through DAS Bookbinding videos to see how this type of work is done so as to be fully reversible and long lasting - the only way really.

@mistervacation23 Жыл бұрын

What's more important me, or gluing covers back on hymn books with Edgar Coleman?

@landon-7316 3 жыл бұрын

Useful! Great vid 😃

@user-mh8rg3xm5q Жыл бұрын

Don't glue down to the book case. Oh, two problems is the same as a couple of problems. US thing me guessing. 😢

@jimmyjam209 7 ай бұрын

is there a difference between book tape and heavy packing tape?

@Windowswatcher Ай бұрын

The reason it split in the first place is because it was poorly made. There should be a hollow in the spine... this didn't have one to start with so straight away it was under stress. The same thing is going to happen again, I'm afraid. I'm afraid the book block shouldn't attach to the spine at all.

@rebeccawalker1819 Ай бұрын

*nod* This entire batch was all degrading in the same way. I periodically grabbed the ones falling to pieces to the worst extent and tried to patch them back together. These were the copies being used in the student choir room at a Catholic school. They got dropped on the floor, they fell off the shelf, etc. They had a hard life in addition to being shoddy on arrival. I wasn't going for archival quality, here--and I made the video yrs ago specifically for anybody else wanting to try to extend the life of the same books.

@omidomid1305 3 жыл бұрын

دادا دمت گرم

@smartguru1870 10 ай бұрын

В итоге скотчем залеплено, да?

@tiberiocaringella6908 Ай бұрын

Learn by madame

@SaraElkilany 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. What was the self adhesive linen for?

@rebeccawalker1819 3 жыл бұрын

It helps keep the pages together and binding tight.

@LibertyForAll1 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the self adhesive linen tape used? Do you put it on after the book is dried, 48 hours later? I'm not sure how you use it.

@tiberiocaringella6908 Ай бұрын

Call Huston we've a problem

@torahrobinson1113 4 жыл бұрын

How did it look when you opened it

@rebeccawalker1819 4 жыл бұрын

Totally normal. As long as the end pages are still attached (or you make replacements), there is no issue with appearance.

@jayroland9481 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just curious, why do you have what look like empty boxes affixed to your wall?

@tiberiocaringella6908 Ай бұрын

Send your book tò L'ARTIGIANO DISTRATTO

@cheryldahl9192 Жыл бұрын

Just that glue + brush set are more expensive than buying a new book :/ Dang. I wanted to repair my old book instead, and save money.

@rebeccawalker1819 Жыл бұрын

Really? That's like a $2 paint brush and ModPodge from Target! You could always use something like Elmer's glue if you get desperate.

@cheryldahl9192 Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccawalker1819 Oh probably. I looked on amazon. They usually raise the prices quite high.

@TreazureX 3 жыл бұрын

soon to be former librarian 😅 uh oh

@rebeccawalker1819 3 жыл бұрын

Was there some point to this?

@TreazureX 3 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccawalker1819 Oh no not in a rude way, i thought maybe the information was top secret and at the moment i said " Oh no is this information going to put her job on the line!?" Very good video 😃👍🏼