Book Repair on a Budget: Interior Hinge Repair
Channel: UNCG Special Collections and University Archives
Date: 2018-04-18

When a book is well loved, sometimes the textblock starts to pull away from the covers at the hinges inside the front and back covers. This is a demonstration of how you can tighten those hinges.

UPDATE: I am so sorry that I left out the name of the glue. It is polyvinyl acetate or PVA. White school glue, such as Elmer's, is PVA. Or, for a more archival version, search for neutral pH PVA. For a list of other book repair resources, see our Preservation Libguide: https://uncg.libguides.com/preservationservices/suppliesandtools