Here’s a late entrant for least exciting thread of 2019, but wondering if there’s any sage advice on the forum for WHICH ADHESIVE is safest (from a viewpoint of possible damage to the disc) and most effective to re-glue album seams that are separating or have totally separated as per the pic below?
A friend of mine uses Gorilla glue contact adhesive, he puts a smear on where the original glue held them together, waits 30 seconds and then brings the two surfaces together. Job done.
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I use pritt stick.
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Pritt for me too. Seems to work.
And a black felt tip to smarten up spines and edges (on black sleeves!)
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When I looked into the subject of gluing paper/card safely (not acidic) I ended up with Pritt Power. I remember not being able to confirm the cheaper more common Pritt Stick being acid free, except for the usual copy, cut & paste that all sites churn out without any evidence. Pritt Power is very good, definitely acid-free and perfect for paper.
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Pritt stick always works for me!
I used to use Pritt, until my daughter told me not to. She didn’t have an alternative, so asked one of the library conservators. They recommended a brand of hot melt glue, but I couldn’t get on with it. I then discovered it wasn’t the stick you find in a DIY store but a tape. The applicator gun has a temperature control box, cost a couple of hundred pounds.
I now use neutral EVA and a fine line applicator. In the UK, try Preservation Equipment Limited.
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I’ve used a very fine bead of Wood glue (PVA) in the past for gluing together old sleeves. They’ve held up well with no ill effects.
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That in reality is all that it needs, I doubt that LP sleeves are conservation grade board.
Uhu Por contact adhesive for me…
Just because it’s what I always have around
Light smear along the join…leave for 15mins…touch back together…job done
Archival pva, like they use for repairing books.
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