Stop using PVA for your book rebacks, here's why it failed me on a 1940s novel

I rebacked a 1940s novel last month with PVA and it cracked along the spine after 3 open-and-closes, the old animal glue held for 80 years and I should've known better. Anyone else had PVA fail on older leather or cloth where the original adhesive keeps its flex?

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blair_dixon20h ago

Used to swear by PVA for everything, but this tracks. Old books are a different animal, that animal glue flexes like it has a memory. Guess I'll be testing on junk first before touching any vintage cloth again.