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Rant: I gave up on PVA for spines after a project fell apart in six months
I used to swear by standard PVA glue for everything, including spine lining. Then I bound a thick art book for a friend, and the spine cracked and separated after just half a year on her shelf. The failure was clean along the glue line. I switched to a flexible PVA, specifically Jade 403, for the next similar project. That book is going on two years now with daily use and still feels solid. The extra give in the adhesive makes all the difference for books that get opened wide. Has anyone else had a glue let them down like that, and what did you switch to?
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jake_chen21d agoTop Commenter
Ugh, that's the worst feeling. I've totally been burned by regular PVA on a thick cookbook before. Switched to that flexible kind too and it's a total game changer.
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