I have a pretty old book that has a hard cardboard sleeve that's really frayed at the corners, so that the bottom part of it is coming off a bit. What kind of glue would you use? I want to keep it from fraying again or damaging/having weird effects on the material over time.

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[–] Sophocles 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I bind my own books using fiberboard and leather, and wood glue has always worked for me. My oldest book is around 9 years old and it is still going strong

[–] cloudforms@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice. Where do you get the leather?

[–] Sophocles 3 points 1 month ago

A lot of them are actually just re-purposed leather or pleather from jackets I find at swap meets and thrift stores. I also occasionally get scrap leather from my dads friend who owns a ranch