I'm soooo grateful to have found your channel. I adopt old books. I love them. Sometimes they need help and I haven't a clue.I look forward to learning. Thanks you!
I was thinkimg the same thing. I have many healthy hobbies from playimg guitar to drawing. It’s so fundamentally necessary for a healthy life and mind to create or organize or continue learning through the act of hobbying... I have acquired some books from the 1800s and immediately thought I want to learn how to repair these books. God bless you John, and I hope that the time between this original post and today has been rewarding for you. Journey well
I'm so glad to have found this channel! I've begun collecting old books and I want to save them! I brought a treasured one to a professional for repair and sadly that person damaged it further. She was well reviewed as well :(
thank you soo much. I have a few books i need to repair but have been scared cuz they r old. so thx u. I can learn how to do this properly now so I dont mess the books up
I hope your channel is still active. I restore vintage sewing machines and I love having the original instruction manuals. These manuals are usually stapled together and after 50 years or more, the covers have worked their way free of the staples. Can I suggest a future video on repair of these manuals.?
Glad to see you have resources to help people decide whether or not their own conservation style repair is a good choice or a more involved recase/repair is better. Hopefully we're not giving our first editions the once-over with a handy glue brush!
I've always been fascinated by the bookbinding craft. Now I have some maths books to repair I've decided to get some bookbinder's tools and start doing simple jobs. My first will be a cheaply-made paperback that is "perfect" bound and is now falling to bits at the spine. To buy the book again, costs as much as buying the bits and pieces to make the clamp. So I opted to make the clamp. A new book will inevitably to the same as this one.
I found you from the wired video featuring your work. You should really consider investing in a videographer to build your TH-cam channel. You would be just as successful as Baumgartner Restoration.
Just subscribed...Recommended by Sunnyside Journals. I love the content on your channel and I’m looking forward to learning proper restoration methods.
I wish it were that easy! It is situational. I wrote up a sort of hierarchy in this free foundations course: saveyourbooks.com/course/1-book-repair-foundations-101-the-save-your-books-cleaning-repair-hierarchy-guidelines/ . Basically, you have to consider the qualities of the paste and the qualities of the materials you are working with. Do you have an instance where you are covering original materials? Use paste if you can, but paste is wet, so on a leather book you may need to use the drier PVA to avoid creating a stain. I hope that helps.
Thank you for the very informative video. One thing I missed is options for cleaning covers. Is there maybe a gentle chemical solution to use for cleaning hardcovers?
Covers are covered with a wide variety of materials. There are some chemical "cleaners" out there but I cannot recommend them because they tend to do more damage by moving the color around and making smears.
Wish I had found this channel earlier. Had a woman take my brand new Bible and separate half the cover from the block. I made the mistake of glueing part of th spine to the hollow when I repaired it myself.
Paste refers to plant-based cooked starches so there is rice paste or wheat paste and such. They are reversible in water. You can learn more at saveyourbooks.com. There is a course on glue vs paste. Cheers.
Hello, I'm starting to gather 19th Century books and an issue I often see Is that the Spine looses it's colour, do you have any videos talking about that or have you ever coloured a book spine before? I would really appreciate it. Sorry if I misspelled something
This is phenomenal! I saw you on Facebook! Do you restore paperback?? My mother’s recipe books is all in bits and I have been trying to figure out how to save it.
I am a restore. In our work place there is no one who are trained by professionals. I want to be able to restore papers and books in a professional level. I have been looking everywhere for classes. And Sophia I finally found you ! I already bought your book. But I really need hands on training. I see you have classes on that website. But I have couple of questions before enrolls to those courses. Unfortunately; I can not contact to anyone ! Sophia ; I appreciate you if you can message me ! I can not believe I finally find you :)
I'm working on outer hinge repair. I don't seem to be able to find the black and/or brown paper you demonstrates using to make your hinge. All I seem to be able to find is white and natural. I even checked your site and Talas too. I appreciate your help!
I was searching through the videos and maybe i missed it. What is the best way to keep a dust jacket intact. I have a book that has a dust jacket that is torn in half. I don't want to fix it or alter it too much but I don't want to risk it getting torn anymore. Can I use something like Fantasyon White Art Tape Masking Artists Tape to tape the page temporarily. Is that removable at a later point in time?
Tape should be avoided for several reasons. Japanese tissue and Nori paste are a good alternative. To learn more check out this course: saveyourbooks.com/course/3-400-repair-dust-jacket/ or this one which is free: saveyourbooks.com/course/6-100protect-a-dust-jacket-with-a-cover-free/
I have a graphic novel like book, the covers are slightly hard. But some of the pages on the left and right side are both bent while looking sorta curved. It just looks like something twisted it. I don't know if its the force I to put it in the box it came in or maybe one of my kittens stepped on it? Anyways I was hoping if anyone has any type of solution for me so I can fix my box, I'm honestly upset at this moment because of the the messed up pages. Lastly have a good day/night :)
I saw you had a repair kit with two different sandpapers. Where can I find a good repair kit. I saw one on Amazon but it didn't have sand paper. I have old books with remainder marks, dirty with foxing on edges etc. EDIT: I'm referring to a different video which had the sandpaper.
@@SaveYourBooks Oh I understand what happened lol. The link you provided is missing the http/https so therefore it wasn't recognized as a valid link haha. My bad I should have noticed that. I got it now. Thanks a lot.
Hi. I have recovered two old Bibles by using your videos. They are great. Now my son gave me a perfect bound Bible that his toddler ripped out numerous pages. The pages are incomplete on the binding side. They have torn away edges on some. What is the best way to attach them back into the Bible. Do I add paper edges or just trim the pages to straighten and leave narrower pages in the Bible or what. Not sure how to proceed. There are approximately 25 pages from two sections of the Bible. Would appreciate any ideas. Lynn
The issue will be avoiding adding so much new material that it won't close properly. This might be a case for some archival document repair tape which could help extend the torn pages if taped on both sides. Or just tip the pages back in using PVA or a combination. Hard to say without seeing it. Best of luck!
Not simply. The yellowing is caused by the acidic content degrading the fibers. You would have to de-acidify the paper, which requires disbinding the book to wash the pages... then you have to re-adjust the ph after you have used light bleaching techniques but none of this reverses the damage already done. 😳
This is a kind of Kozo tissue / paper. This one might be Moriki or Yatsuo. You can buy such paper at www.washiarts.com/ or www.talasonline.com/. Basically, it is great because of the long fibers that are harder to break. The weight is about 45 gsm. Thinner colored tissue could be used over a stronger plain paper. The colors tend to shift per batch so you know.
I'm soooo grateful to have found your channel. I adopt old books. I love them. Sometimes they need help and I haven't a clue.I look forward to learning. Thanks you!
You are welcome!
Can't believe it. This is so free and so valuable. Makes life worth living. I will be using your information gratefully. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome! Happy to help.
I was thinkimg the same thing. I have many healthy hobbies from playimg guitar to drawing. It’s so fundamentally necessary for a healthy life and mind to create or organize or continue learning through the act of hobbying...
I have acquired some books from the 1800s and immediately thought I want to learn how to repair these books.
God bless you John, and I hope that the time between this original post and today has been rewarding for you.
Journey well
Still in shock that it's not required to pay some bucks for watch!
This is so inspiring
This woman is 100% badass! Her voice soothes me too, for some reason or other...
Cheers from Atlantic City!
Lol. Cheers.
Thank you! Trying to restore oldy book from 1918 year, which means so much for my culture.. especially this days..
With love from Ukraine🇺🇦
Stay safe! I love Ukraine. 💜
Excellent, something for a seventy-five-year-old lover of books. Thank you
You are welcome.
Sophia is one of our greatest resources for book conservation! Always a big help! Thanks so much
What kind words. Made my day.
Your videos are so therapeutic to watch 😊
I love this channel. Thanks for providing this priceless information to the world!
You are so welcome.
I'm so glad to have found this channel! I've begun collecting old books and I want to save them! I brought a treasured one to a professional for repair and sadly that person damaged it further. She was well reviewed as well :(
thank you soo much. I have a few books i need to repair but have been scared cuz they r old. so thx u. I can learn how to do this properly now so I dont mess the books up
Always good to practice techniques on books that are less important first. Good luck with all your books.
I hope your channel is still active. I restore vintage sewing machines and I love having the original instruction manuals. These manuals are usually stapled together and after 50 years or more, the covers have worked their way free of the staples. Can I suggest a future video on repair of these manuals.?
Great idea. I have been in grad school and have sort of had to be on hiatus. Graduating soon.
@@SaveYourBooks Congratulations!
Good info on gluing/pasting back, loose pages; thanks,
Glad to see you have resources to help people decide whether or not their own conservation style repair is a good choice or a more involved recase/repair is better. Hopefully we're not giving our first editions the once-over with a handy glue brush!
yes. More information is always better. When in doubt ask a professional for advice. :)
Thank you for the very informative video! I have a 1922 Adventures of Tom Sawyer that needs some love.
I've always been fascinated by the bookbinding craft. Now I have some maths books to repair I've decided to get some bookbinder's tools and start doing simple jobs. My first will be a cheaply-made paperback that is "perfect" bound and is now falling to bits at the spine. To buy the book again, costs as much as buying the bits and pieces to make the clamp. So I opted to make the clamp. A new book will inevitably to the same as this one.
Buying tools is smart!
@@SaveYourBooks I've now just purchased a Teflon folding bone.
Wow! Awesome tutorial. Now I can repair my 1878 Bible Commentary book. - JP
Rather liked your page tipping in method, one which I will use myself shortly, thank you.
Great video, thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you so much for sharing all your tips and tricks
You are so welcome.
Good tutorial. I have books in bad condition and will try to repair them. Good video. Liked and subscribed
Thank you!
I found you from the wired video featuring your work. You should really consider investing in a videographer to build your TH-cam channel. You would be just as successful as Baumgartner Restoration.
Thanks, it is just me for now. I am doing my best to improve video quality all the time!
Thank's
Just subscribed...Recommended by Sunnyside Journals. I love the content on your channel and I’m looking forward to learning proper restoration methods.
Welcome!
Thanks for a great tutorial.
Such gorgeous art.
So helpful. Thanks for sharing your skill and knowledge.
You are so welcome.
I Like Your job Very mutch ,tanks
New subscriber.
Welcome!
So can I clarify, first preference for all bookbinding adhesives is paste, PVA is second option? What instance would you rather use PVA than paste?
I wish it were that easy! It is situational. I wrote up a sort of hierarchy in this free foundations course: saveyourbooks.com/course/1-book-repair-foundations-101-the-save-your-books-cleaning-repair-hierarchy-guidelines/ . Basically, you have to consider the qualities of the paste and the qualities of the materials you are working with. Do you have an instance where you are covering original materials? Use paste if you can, but paste is wet, so on a leather book you may need to use the drier PVA to avoid creating a stain. I hope that helps.
Can you explain the difference between paste and PVA and when you use each?
I made a course on this. Free: saveyourbooks.com/course/1-206-book-repair-glue-or-paste/
Thank you for the very informative video. One thing I missed is options for cleaning covers. Is there maybe a gentle chemical solution to use for cleaning hardcovers?
Covers are covered with a wide variety of materials. There are some chemical "cleaners" out there but I cannot recommend them because they tend to do more damage by moving the color around and making smears.
Muchas gracias por compartir sus conocimientos. Me gustaría saber si tiene algún tutorial en español. Muchas gracias. Regards
Todavía no, pero me encanta la idea. Necesito aprender español o encontrar una buena aplicación de traducción.
@@SaveYourBooks si hace vd clases en español, avíseme, por favor
Wish I had found this channel earlier. Had a woman take my brand new Bible and separate half the cover from the block. I made the mistake of glueing part of th spine to the hollow when I repaired it myself.
Great info on this channel! Just subscribed! :)
Cool.
Thank you for sharing your skills. Much obliged!
Do you have tutorials specifically on dust jacket restoration?
Indeed. Go to saveyourbooks.com/course-category/paper-and-page-repair/.
THANKS VERY EDUCATIONAL
You are welcome!
Congratulations, no more Dislikes!
Great tutorial!
Thanks!
Very very neat
Awesome video, I love old books and have a few that need some TLC! Can I ask what you mean exactly by “paste”, subscriber and bibliophile from the Uk!
Paste refers to plant-based cooked starches so there is rice paste or wheat paste and such. They are reversible in water. You can learn more at saveyourbooks.com. There is a course on glue vs paste. Cheers.
Hello, I'm starting to gather 19th Century books and an issue I often see Is that the Spine looses it's colour, do you have any videos talking about that or have you ever coloured a book spine before? I would really appreciate it.
Sorry if I misspelled something
I have a couple of courses on this at www.saveyourbooks.com
@@SaveYourBooks I'll definetly take a look at it. Thanks a lot :-)
Thank you so much.
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Have you seen those mostly silent bushcraft videos? That format of video would work wonderfully with this craft.
This is phenomenal! I saw you on Facebook! Do you restore paperback?? My mother’s recipe books is all in bits and I have been trying to figure out how to save it.
You can reach me for a quote through www.saveyourbooks.com.
I am a restore. In our work place there is no one who are trained by professionals. I want to be able to restore papers and books in a professional level. I have been looking everywhere for classes. And Sophia I finally found you ! I already bought your book. But I really need hands on training. I see you have classes on that website. But I have couple of questions before enrolls to those courses. Unfortunately; I can not contact to anyone ! Sophia ; I appreciate you if you can message me ! I can not believe I finally find you :)
Thank you ♥️
I'm working on outer hinge repair. I don't seem to be able to find the black and/or brown paper you demonstrates using to make your hinge. All I seem to be able to find is white and natural. I even checked your site and Talas too. I appreciate your help!
👏👏
What is the black material she is using under the original binding?
Can you be more specific? What minute do you first see it in the video?
What is the difference between paste and pva? I thought pva was paste.
Pva is polyvinyl acetate a white queen, think of Elmer's. Paste is made from wheat flour and water, very easy to make at home
I was searching through the videos and maybe i missed it. What is the best way to keep a dust jacket intact. I have a book that has a dust jacket that is torn in half. I don't want to fix it or alter it too much but I don't want to risk it getting torn anymore. Can I use something like Fantasyon White Art Tape Masking Artists Tape to tape the page temporarily. Is that removable at a later point in time?
Tape should be avoided for several reasons. Japanese tissue and Nori paste are a good alternative. To learn more check out this course: saveyourbooks.com/course/3-400-repair-dust-jacket/ or this one which is free: saveyourbooks.com/course/6-100protect-a-dust-jacket-with-a-cover-free/
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What is PBA?
PVA is explained in the webinar. It is PolyVinyl Acetate and it is a kind of white glue. Cheers!
@@SaveYourBooks OMG I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH!! ❤
I have a graphic novel like book, the covers are slightly hard. But some of the pages on the left and right side are both bent while looking sorta curved.
It just looks like something twisted it.
I don't know if its the force I to put it in the box it came in or maybe one of my kittens stepped on it?
Anyways I was hoping if anyone has any type of solution for me so I can fix my box, I'm honestly upset at this moment because of the the messed up pages.
Lastly have a good day/night :)
I saw you had a repair kit with two different sandpapers. Where can I find a good repair kit. I saw one on Amazon but it didn't have sand paper. I have old books with remainder marks, dirty with foxing on edges etc. EDIT: I'm referring to a different video which had the sandpaper.
The sandpaper with the sticky back is a 3M product available many places. I sell a book repair kit at www.saveyourbooks.com. 😊
@@SaveYourBooks Thank you. I tried your link a few times and it comes back with an error page saying that your site is not working.
@@BenjaminSchiltzVlogs Yikes! try Googling Save Your Books. It works when I look for it.
@@SaveYourBooks Oh I understand what happened lol. The link you provided is missing the http/https so therefore it wasn't recognized as a valid link haha. My bad I should have noticed that. I got it now. Thanks a lot.
Hi. I have recovered two old Bibles by using your videos. They are great. Now my son gave me a perfect bound Bible that his toddler ripped out numerous pages. The pages are incomplete on the binding side. They have torn away edges on some. What is the best way to attach them back into the Bible. Do I add paper edges or just trim the pages to straighten and leave narrower pages in the Bible or what. Not sure how to proceed. There are approximately 25 pages from two sections of the Bible. Would appreciate any ideas. Lynn
The issue will be avoiding adding so much new material that it won't close properly. This might be a case for some archival document repair tape which could help extend the torn pages if taped on both sides. Or just tip the pages back in using PVA or a combination. Hard to say without seeing it. Best of luck!
Can you get the yellow colour out of old book Pages?
Not simply. The yellowing is caused by the acidic content degrading the fibers. You would have to de-acidify the paper, which requires disbinding the book to wash the pages... then you have to re-adjust the ph after you have used light bleaching techniques but none of this reverses the damage already done. 😳
Inner hinge question: if there is a partial separation sdo I detatch the whole inner flyleaf and reattach or is there a way to do a partial repair?
Could you explain the difference between paste and PVA?
Lovely intro song. Anyone know what it's called?
It is called Honey. Music 2 Hues Production Library
What is the brown paper you use for the inner hinge repair at 17.00 ?
This is a kind of Kozo tissue / paper. This one might be Moriki or Yatsuo. You can buy such paper at www.washiarts.com/ or www.talasonline.com/. Basically, it is great because of the long fibers that are harder to break. The weight is about 45 gsm. Thinner colored tissue could be used over a stronger plain paper. The colors tend to shift per batch so you know.
Is there any way to remove rubber cement?
Would you recommend the Anatomy of Books as a first-class?
Post new videos, pls
Planning on it. New one coming out Thursday. For more videos you could check out the website. saveyourbooks.com/
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Vegan leather. Interesting...
But what if I struggled in kindergarten?