The Beginning Class of Book Repair at OPSU - supply list

I have been teaching a little preservation class on Sunday and Wednesday nights to local school librarians and colleagues. It's been going pretty well so far and will be better once everyone can get their hands dirty :) I'm placing a supply list, (put together by a student in the class), on the end of this little missive. It is a list of items in my preservation kit. We scavenged a good many of these items from around the school, like the beakers that were going to be tossed out from the science dept. I use the bigger ones to hold my glue brushes and the smaller ones to hold water while I work. That's my little preservation area in the photo. Most of those items have been scavenged. Saves a good bit of the budget that way.

What I didn't scavenge I bought at Dollar General or on the cheap from other stores, like the utility knives and the skewers. What I couldn't get there I bought at Gaylord.com (glue, brushes, etc.), talasonline.com (English paring knife, metal rulers), Demco.com (clear book tape), or other preservation site. Look around for the best prices, that is the best way to work it! I also have a little tool kit where I keep my knives, scissors, band aids (a must have), pencils, bone folders, cotton gloves and cleaning sponges. It's nice to have a little tool kit for holding your tools.

Remember, you can always substitute coffee cups (I have a few from vacations that I never use), old utensil holders, clean coffee cans, etc, for beakers...use your imagination. I use clean cottage cheese or yogurt containers, with an air tight lid, for glue. An old clothes iron from home if you don't have a book iron. Anything you can reuse - reuse. The old boards from a hardback, if they aren't damaged, can be reused. If a book is falling apart and it is cheaper to reorder the book, salvage what you can and reuse the salvaged items on another book. Any thing you can do to save money and time, I always say :) Here's the list. I hope it helps you to build your preservation area.

ITEM	VENDOR				Must Have
1/2" Glue brush -- boars bristles	Gaylord.com				X
Apron	scavenge or make your own!
Band-aids	scavenge, buy cheap				X
Bone folder (cow or Teflon)	Gaylord.com				X
Book press	Gaylord.com
Box cutter /utility knives	Hardware store, Dollar General				X
Bricks	scavenge				X
Brushes -- many sizes	Hardware, Art, etc.				X
Cambric tape	Gaylord.com
Cheesecloth	scavenge, WalMart
or Super-cloth (starched)	Gaylord.com
Clamps	Big Lots, Dollar Store. Find in Automotive or hardware area
Davy board	reuse boards or salvage from other source. Buy new from Gaylord.com				X
Emergency Response Wheel	Gaylord.com
English Paring knife -- right handed	TALAS
Book knife	Gaylord.com				X
Exacto knife & extra blades	Hardware store or Gaylord.com				X
Formula 409 -- for clean up	grocery store				X
Glue sticks - acid free	Gaylord.com
Metallic sharpies	Office store
Nail clippers	Drugstore
Paper Towels	scavenge				X
Pencils (NEVER PENS!)	scavenge				X
Poly-vinyl adhesive-ph neutral	Gaylord.com				X
Recycled paper -- scrap	scavenge				X
Ruler with metal edge	Office store				X
Scissors -- several	scavenge				X
Scotch tape - to tape the skewers to the re-cased book.	scavenge
Self-healing pad	Sewing store/section				X
Sm. Cutting boards	Dollar Store
Sm. Squirt Bottle	scavenge
Sponge (dry cleaning)	Gaylord.com
Sponge brush(es)	Hardware store
Steel rulers or alternate:	Gaylord.com				X
Alt. - T-square with tape measure added	hardware store
Tweezers -- big & curvy, nice	Drugstore or Gaylord
Wax paper	grocery store				X
WD-40 Pen	Hardware store
White cotton gloves	Gaylord.com
WHITE ERASER	Gaylord.com
Wooden Skewers - cut off ends	grocery store, Dollar General				X