[PADG:1476] Re: Hinge Repair

[Shannon Zachary <szachary@xxxxxxxxx>]

Christine-

Our quick and dirty repair for these is by lining the spine with
supercloth, cut to form a 1-inch flange extending across the shoulder and
hinging the flange on top of the pastedown. Depending on how the book is
damaged, the technique can be varied with 2 flanges (front and back), one
flange (either side), or none (if both endsheets are soundly attached but
the book is split up the center, you can open up to the case hollow from
the place the text block is split and insert a lining that extends across
the spine of the text block from shoulder to shoulder). All the strain is
on the lining and the board, not on individual leaves. If the repair
fails, it can easily be redone. We have some instruction sheets, which
I'll send you.

Shannon Zachary, Head			E-mail:	szachary@xxxxxxxxx
Conservation Services			Phone:	734/763-6980
University of Michigan Library		Fax:	734/763-7886
837 Greene St. / 3202 Buhr Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1048

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Wiseman, Christine wrote:

> 	We get a lot of requests from public libraries for a faster way to
> repair broken hinges (and burst adhesive bindings) than doing a recase in
> the original cover.
>
> 	Does anyone have any experience working with "double stitched binder
> tape" for fixing broken hinges?  It's sold by University Products for repair
> and constructing pam binders.  Two strips of cloth are stitched together
> down the center making 4 flanges.  We think that the flanges are glued (with
> PVA, not the water activated adhesive already on the cloth) down to the
> spine, the inside board, the inside of the spine inlay, and the endsheet.
>
> 	I know this isn't as strong, pretty, long lasting, or
> preservationally sound as a recase for research collections;  but for some
> public libraries extending the life of an item a few more circulations is
> their primary goal.
>
> 	Any feedback you have about whether you're seen books repaired in
> this way and how well they hold up, or if you've done it yourself would be
> most useful.
>
>
>
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>
> Christine Wiseman
> Education Officer
> Preservation Services
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