Re: [BKARTS] BOOK_ARTS-L Digest - 9 Mar 2004 to 10 Mar 2004(#2004-67)

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Thomas

I will not be the one to bat you down for giving advice, but I did
try those things. And I thank you for the help, I had not thought
of covering it up, which could have been another solution if the
Pancreatin had not worked.

Chris.

Thomas Conroy wrote:
>
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>  MDE - Innovation 2004: An International Bookbinding Design Competition
>                     [No Binding Experience Required]
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>                      60,000 € (Euro) in total prizes
>               Full information at <http://www.mde2004.org/>
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> Christopher Brown asked about persistant adhesive residues after
> washing. With my ears ringing with James Tapley's sage advice to let
> old things be old, I'll ask the silly questions and no doubt be
> batted down for belabouring the obvious. Did you wash in cold water
> or hot? Did you brush the glue residue while still fully immersed?
> Hot glue will not dissolve in cold water, it will just swell, and it
> may take a while to do so. It will dissolve somewhere over 40 degrees
> C.; light brushing (excuse me, mechanical reduction) may aid the
> process. Washing is more efficient in touch-hot water anyway (say up
> to 50 degrees), and after washing and bleaching a --light-- gelatine
> sizing should be considered, which again would be in touch-hot water.
> And if worse comes to worse, the page needed to be repaired in the
> first place, so presumably the damage is still there and again needs
> repair; why not use your repairs to cover up the glue residue?
>
> Tom Conroy
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