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Pro tip: the book repair table at the Syracuse library sale fixed my cracked hinge problem for $2
Stopped by a used book sale at the downtown library in Syracuse last Saturday and they had a little repair table set up by a volunteer. She showed me how to fix a cracked hinge on a 1960s hardcover using a strip of Japanese tissue and wheat paste, and it took her maybe 4 minutes to demo it. I paid $2 for a small packet of the tissue and tried it on a beat-up copy at home, and the hinge feels solid now. She mentioned libraries often throw out damaged books instead of repairing them because nobody on staff knows how. Has anyone else found repair tricks at a library sale or estate table like that?
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