Watching a guy in Boston fix a 200 year old hymnal with just wheat paste and patience

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Man, that's wild. My grandma used to fix the spines of her old cookbooks with flour paste. It always smelled like baking bread in her living room.

finley_craig532mo agoMost Upvoted

Remember hearing about people using rice glue for paper repairs in old bookbinding manuals. The idea was that pests wouldn't eat it like wheat paste. Always wondered if it actually worked or just left everything smelling like a pantry. Your grandma's method sounds a lot more pleasant, honestly. That warm bread smell beats the vague worry of bugs any day.

sullivan.abby1mo ago

Sounds like a lot of fuss over some old books.