Hopefully I can now remove the grass stain from my hamlet book -_-. I dropped it on the way to the bus and just started swearing because I had bought it the day before.
Molly, we all appreciate your work and advice. Watching your videos has helped me so much. Do you recommend asorbene or something like that? I need to find a way to get rid of a few high-lighting and some small pen marks in some books. I also have a lot of frayed "bumped" corners on books that could look like new. What can I do? I'll stop my questions now... Thanks again.
I can't hear. What kind of sanding paper is that? If it's a specific product, can you write and tell me what it is? Are these things I can find at general craft stores? Thank you.
no, that's not color...THAT's dirt and lots of it. If there is color applied to the text block, use a toothbrush. different tools for different tasks.
Hello, Molly, I truly appreciate your many videos on book repair and conservation, thank you! I am just learning right now.
I didn't get any sound on this one, it would have helped a bit I think.
Question: some of my books suffer from those little gray-brown spots on the top and foredges, the most likely culprit being humidity (maybe a fungus?). Is there some chemical (or mechanical action) out there which I could apply safely to eliminate or at least diminish them? Sergio
oh please...it's not like you are going to do that to a 'valuable' book. but you can indeed give a nice facelift to a moderately priced book. and denying it can or is being done is naive.
I have a book with very light staining only on the fore edge: will this work--and is it safe for me to try to do it myself? Thanks.
Branner 6 months ago
Hopefully I can now remove the grass stain from my hamlet book -_-. I dropped it on the way to the bus and just started swearing because I had bought it the day before.
LivingInEnvy 6 months ago
Molly, we all appreciate your work and advice. Watching your videos has helped me so much. Do you recommend asorbene or something like that? I need to find a way to get rid of a few high-lighting and some small pen marks in some books. I also have a lot of frayed "bumped" corners on books that could look like new. What can I do? I'll stop my questions now... Thanks again.
KeriBooth 7 months ago
I can't hear. What kind of sanding paper is that? If it's a specific product, can you write and tell me what it is? Are these things I can find at general craft stores? Thank you.
KeriBooth 7 months ago
Molly, do you have any tips on removing pen, stamp markings etc from the fore-edge? Is the same process effective?
miadojaspion 2 years ago
Molly: Are you worried about Mold when working with older books?
Carterofmars 2 years ago
not unless the book is moldy. which you can generally smell ahead of time.
molly1216 2 years ago
Is the object to clean off dust? aren't you taking off the original color applied to the pages?
rollinrug 3 years ago
no, that's not color...THAT's dirt and lots of it. If there is color applied to the text block, use a toothbrush. different tools for different tasks.
molly1216 3 years ago
Hello, Molly, I truly appreciate your many videos on book repair and conservation, thank you! I am just learning right now.
I didn't get any sound on this one, it would have helped a bit I think.
Question: some of my books suffer from those little gray-brown spots on the top and foredges, the most likely culprit being humidity (maybe a fungus?). Is there some chemical (or mechanical action) out there which I could apply safely to eliminate or at least diminish them? Sergio
Thepowersurge 3 years ago
oh please...it's not like you are going to do that to a 'valuable' book. but you can indeed give a nice facelift to a moderately priced book. and denying it can or is being done is naive.
molly1216 4 years ago
Any book worth spending this much time on would be ruined.
hippopotamu 4 years ago