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A retired librarian in Winston-Salem showed me how to fix a warped spine with a steam iron and a damp cloth.
I had this old cloth-bound book from 1954 that was bowed out badly, and she said let me show you something right there in her kitchen. Took maybe fifteen minutes and it laid flat after drying overnight. Anyone else got a repair trick that sounds crazy but actually works?
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jessica3312d ago
Does she take walk-ins? My attempts at fixing books usually involve me staring at them for a week, then shoving them under a stack of textbooks and hoping for the best. I once tried to flatten a damp paperback in the microwave for 10 seconds and it came out smelling like burnt toast with the pages all crinkly. Might have to give that steam iron trick a shot next time, cause my way clearly isn't working.
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smith.lee2d ago
Hold on, you put a damp paperback in the microwave for ten seconds? I gotta say, that's a new one on me. Usually people just bend the cover back and hope for the best. I'm almost impressed you didn't start a fire, honestly. That steam iron trick sounds way safer, even if it feels a little crazy at first. I'd stick with the librarian lady's way over the burnt toast method any day of the week.
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