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Warning: That cheap PVA glue ruined my first leather binding job
I was working on a leather journal last Saturday and my spine just peeled open after 2 days of drying. Turns out my $4 bottle of generic PVA wasn't actually pH neutral or flexible enough for bookbinding leather. I had to carefully scrape off all the failed glue and start over with a proper bookbinding grade adhesive from a local craft store. The new glue cost me $12 but it held perfectly. Has anyone else had a project fail because of bad glue choices or is it just me?
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wendy_henderson2111d ago
My second year of college I tried to glue a loose tile back on my bathroom floor with regular white school glue. It held for maybe three hours before I stepped on it and the tile slid right off again. I had to chip the dried glue off the old tile and the floor and it took forever. But honestly, I learned my lesson and moved on. I don't think a failed glue job on a first attempt is worth getting too worked up over. You made a mistake, you fixed it, now you know what to use next time.
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adam_baker11d ago
lol I mean I get what you're saying but idk if I can get on board with that take. School glue on a bathroom floor is a pretty specific kind of mistake, it's not like trial and error with the right adhesive. That's more like not reading the label at all. I feel like a little frustration is fair game when you waste time chipping dried glue off tile. But yeah, you're right that it's not the end of the world or anything, you just move on and grab the right stuff next time. Maybe it's just me but I'd still be annoyed about it for a bit longer than you were.
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Broke a ceramic mug in my pottery class freshman year because I used regular craft glue instead of epoxy. The handle fell off while I was holding hot tea.
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