Help ! I’m injured and I can’t go out… SAMS Conference September 19, 2014
Presentation & Hand-outs • http://www.ppl.lib.in.us/sams/ Repair handouts from patron classes.
Topics for the Day • Supplies • Where to Start • Book Repairs – Torn Page – Tip in Page – Corners – Wings – Spine / Hinge • Tips and Tricks
Supplies • Suggested Supplies: · Archival quality repair tape · Japanese papers · Awl · Mending Sticks · Blotting papers · Norbond Adhesive · Bone folders · Reddi-Corners · Binder tape, Single stitched · Rubber bands · Binder tape, Double stitched · Sandpaper · Book tape · Seam tape · Cheese cloth · Scissors · Cotton gloves · Xacto knife · Easy Bind Repair Tape · Waxed paper · Glue brushes · Weights · Hot glue gun · Wings ** Tape machine
Parts of a Book Board Joint Crash (also called mull, or super) Lining Endsheet · Paste down Flyleaf · Spine Fore-edge Spine Piece Gutter Square Head Tail Hinge Text Block (also Book Content)
Planning Your Repairs Just like any activity you don’t do often, book repairs should be planned and your work area prepared before you start.
• Read the directions for any repair thoroughly before attempting the repair. • Make sure the workspace is large enough to work comfortably. Clear away excess objects and have the tools and materials needed close at hand. • Think about where the repaired books will dry. Materials that are glued or pasted must dry under weight or the paper will buckle. • If the book has several problems, start with the simplest and work toward the most complex. In general the text block is repaired first (torn pages, damaged signatures, etc.) then the cover (rebacking, mending damaged comers, etc.). The last part of the book to be repaired is the attachment of the text block to the cover (the crash and endpapers). • Try to group similar types of repairs together. In addition to saving time and materials, repeating the same repair several times is a good way to improve your repair techniques.
BOOK REPAIR AV PROBLEM DATE/ Initial:________________________ DATE/ Initial____________________ C/O TO: BUCKET/ BINDERY/ MENDING/ C/O TO: BUCKET, MENDING, PATRON Patron Circle Problem: Torn: Cover/ Page #s __________ Weakened Cover: Edges/ Corners/ Spine Missing Disk#________ Loose Pages #s _________ Missing/ Damaged: Booklet/ Cover Art Spine Problem: Inner Spine/ Cracked Label: Missing/ Damaged/ Incorrect Missing: Labels/ Pages Disk: Skips/ Won’t Play #________ Dirty/ Stains/ Wet/ Disk: Pitted/ Scratched/ Broken #_______ Wings/ Corners Disk: Art Scratched #_______ Torn Bag Broken: Case/ Hinge/ Lid/ CenterHub Broken: Lid / Tub / Toy________________ ____________________________________ Other_______________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ Missing:______________________________ ____________________________________ Patron Name_____________________________ ____________________________________ Comments _________________________ Patron Name_______________________ ___________________________________ Comments___________________________ ___________________________________ _________________________________ Account Noted ____________________ Account Noted ______ Account Billed _____ Account Billed ____________________
Which Repair Method Should I Use? It is important to determine why a book needs repair. • Was it damaged through carelessness or simply through use? • Could the way it was manufactured caused the damage? • Did an old repair fail or cause more damage? • Have previous repairs hindered the mechanics (the way the book opens and closes, the way the pages turn) of the book? • How is the book constructed - signatures (folded pages that can be sewn or glued together)? • Or is the book constructed in single sheets glued or oversewn together? • Is the paper coated and shiny?
• All these factors should be considered when choosing to repair a book and deciding what techniques to use. • Examine the volume carefully and determine how it is constructed • Determine which part of the structure failed so you can use the most appropriate repair technique.
Repairs • Cut or Torn Pages • Tipping In Loose Pages • Corners • Wings • Loose Hinge • Broken Hinge
Repairing Cut or Torn Pages with Tape • Supplies Easy Bind Tape Scissors Bone Folder
Cut a piece of tape ¼ inch longer than the tear. Remove the center strip from the tape. Center over the tear allowing the tape to extend beyond the tear.
Working from the center, smooth out the individual sides as you remove the paper backing from the tape.
Smooth out with the bone folder to work the adhesive smoothly into the page and to remove any air bubbles.
Tipping In Loose Pages • Supplies: Norbond Adhesive Mending Stick Waxed Paper Weights Rubber Bands
Before inserting the loose page, make sure that the inside edge is straight and not ragged. Trim with a paper cutter or xacto knife if needed. If trimming the page would make the print hard to read after insertion, create a faux edge with onion skin paper or Easy Bind tape
Carefully apply Norbond Adhesive to the binding edge by gently roll a mending stick along the edge.
Insert the loose page deep into the “V” opening of the book, starting with a half inch extra at the top of the book. Draw the page into the gutter of the book, aligning the page evenly at the bottom and the top of the other pages.
Close the book, press the spine, wrap it with rubber bands or place it under a weight. You will know the adhesive is dry when you can easily remove the waxed paper.
Protecting & Repairing Book Corners with Reddi-Corners • Supplies Reddi-Corners Bone Folder * Reddi-Corners provide extra strength to the book’s corners. For preventing damage, apply Reddi-Corners at the first sign of wear.
Trim ragged fabric or paper from the book corners before applying Reddi-Corners. Peel the corner from the sheet, placing the notch at the edge of the corner of the book.
Fold over the edges of the corner to the inner cover of the book. Make sure that you do not catch the lining page of the book under the corner.
Smooth the entire corner around the edge of the book and secure to the inner cover.
Smooth the entire corner with the bone folder to work the adhesive into the cover.
Repairing Headcaps with Tyvek Book Repair Wings • Supplies Tyvek Book Repair Wings Bone Folder * Wings provide extra strength by overlapping at the book’s edges. For preventing damage, apply Tyvek book repair wings at the first sign of wear.
Setting the book on its edge, peel the book repair wing from the sheet. Align the center of the wing to the top edge of the spine and press down to secure it. Gently crease the wing into the groove of the spine and across the cover.
Fold the edge of the book repair wing over the top edge of the book pressing firmly.
Open the book and secure the remainder of the flap to the inner cover. Make sure that you do not catch the lining page under the wing.
Smooth the entire wing with the bone folder to work the adhesive into the cover.
Repairing Loose Hinges of a Cover • Supplies Norbond Adhesive Mending Stick Hinge Tape Scissors Bone Folder Weights
A loose hinge is the first sign of trouble with the binding. It requires immediate correction and repair to prevent further damage during the life of the book.
Using a mending stick covered with Norbond Adhesive, carefully apply the adhesive only between the end sheet and the cover. Never place adhesive directly down the spine or tube of the book.
Smooth the cover down with a bone folder. Wipe any excess adhesive from the book’s edge. Place waxed paper in book. Place rubber bands on the book. Weight the book and allow to dry.
To add additional reinforcement of the loose hinge, cut a strip of hinge tape to the length of the book’s contents or pages. Lay the book open, apply the hinge tape to the inside cover, then gently place tape onto the contents. Use a bone folder to flatten the hinge tape and lightly crease the hinge.
Repairing a Broken Hinge • Supplies Single Stitched Binder Tape Norbond Adhesive Scissors Brush Waxed Paper Bone Folder Rubber Bands Weights
Cut and trim away all excess paper and threads of the super from the original hinge.
Cut and trim away all excess paper from the edge of the cover.
Cut a piece of single-stitched binder tape equal to the height of the book’s contents. Apply Norbond Adhesive with a brush to one gummed surface of the tape.
Apply one tab of the moistened tape to the spine of the book. Apply the second tab around the corner of the contents and attach to the first or last page. Rub smoothly and firmly with the bone folder.
Place a piece of waxed paper cut to the size of the book’s content against the book content in the super.
Apply Norbond Adhesive to the other gummed surface of the tape. Then carefully press the spine of the cover against the moistened tape and press firmly.
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