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Hate to say, but at a National Gallery Materials talk for artists a number of years ago, they said that PVA glue is acid free while wet, but when it dries it is acidic. How acidic I don't remember. Might be good to check on this. Maybe it has been reformulated since then. I have a gallon of it sitting that I haven't touched since that time, relying on wheat paste/ methyl cellulose/ rice paste and Elmer's School glue- one that restorers still use. Best, Claudia Vess artist/gallerist www.thecabinetart.com On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:27 AM Malia Van Heukelem <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Kathy, > > If you have access to a paper conservator or preservation department at > Clemson, I would recommend reaching out to them for advice. > In any case, the materials we used in our library's Preservation > Department were PVA glue (white, but it dries clear) and for light jobs we > would use an acid-free, photo-safe Glue Stic or Uhu Glue Stick in the book > lab. The PVA was used for building custom boxes and binding. Glue Stic for > inserting gift bookplates. For repairing paper tears and matting we used > Japanese tissue with wheat starch paste. All are reversible treatments. > > The materials are available through conservation and archival material > suppliers such as: > Hollinger Metal Edge > University Products > Gaylord > Talas > > Good luck, > Malia > (formerly in Preservation Management) > > Malia Van Heukelem > Art Archivist Librarian > Jean Charlot Collection > <http://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/research/collections/charlot-collection/> > University of Hawaii at Manoa > 808-956-2849 > > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 5:56 AM Kathy Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I love a puzzle probably twice as much as the next person, but some >> challenges are more challenging than others. >> >> >> >> Doing a stringent weed of the Gunnin’s reference collection, yesterday I >> came across the title in the subject line, contained in a three-ring >> binder, vintage 1974. As I transferred the binder to my ‘working’ book >> cart, it left behind a delightful stream of colorful little squares—on the >> shelf, across the carpet, on my shoes. Sigh. >> >> >> >> Making sure to gather up every one of them, I opened the binder on my >> work table—only to discover a dozen or more colorful squares caught in the >> binder’s spine and/or otherwise wandering about between the page leaves. >> Every turn of a page released another one or two. >> >> >> >> At first I resorted to Elmer’s glue, for those color bits whose place I >> was sure I knew. I’m pretty good with color. But the deeper into the atlas >> I got, the more the situation devolved into hopelessness. >> >> >> >> So I took it home with me, and on the kitchen counter—with a supply of >> paper clips—I gathered the loose color samples into what I settled upon as >> related groupings. Those I could definitively associate with a specific >> placing I clipped to the top of the page. >> >> >> >> But still---If I were to repair it (assuming it still has use value, >> which remains an open question), what sort of glue should I use? The >> original substance held up for nearly 50 years—impressive. >> >> >> >> Any advice appreciated, and—Happy 2022. May all the year’s challenges be >> this mundane… >> >> >> >> Kathy >> >> >> >> Kathy Edwards >> >> Librarian, Emery A. Gunnin Architecture Library >> >> 2-112 Lee Hall >> >> Clemson University >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> 864.656.4289 >> >> Schedule an appointment with me >> <https://clemson.libcal.com/appointments/kathye> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about >> joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna >> Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to >> [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: >> http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy >> Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~