Re: [BKARTS] reversible, archival glues

[Dave Allen <allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kathleen,
As with many things, the more you pay the better the quality.
Dave

Kathleen Garness wrote:
> So, my final question is: are all PVAs pretty much the same or are 
> there a lot of individual differences across brands - Ph, tackiness, 
> flexibility when dry, etc.? I see a wide price spread between Jade 
> (I'm talking the regular PVA, not the reversible one) and the Lineco 
> one offered by archivalsuppliers.com, and Promacto and Rhoplex also 
> offered by Talas, plus the PVA I purchase at Paper Source sometimes... 
> How do you know what to buy? And how they'll survive years of storage?
>
> Are there other considerations I should know about? Whatever we end up 
> with, I'll probably end up using this for my box and book-making work 
> too...
>
> thanks lots,
>
> Kathy
>
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Signa Houghteling wrote:
>
> > bookmakerscatalog.com
>
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