Journal of Conservation Science Vol.30 No.1 pp.27-32
철제 스테이플이 박힌 책의 보존처리
Conservation of stapled books: Rebinding using colored iron cores
Abstract
The sample book was printed in 1935. Since the books in the early twentieth century were printed using acidic paper, the color of the paper would change to brown over time due to iron corrosion. In addition to corroding iron cores, the acidity of the paper (pH 3.2) also made the paper brown and fragile, as was true in the case of the sample book. To clean the paper of the sample book and to make it strong, we replaced the iron core and performed wet cleaning on the paper to remove contaminants. Then we pressed the sample book dry, and subsequently linening every page with Minoshi(4 g/m2). Generally, book conservator rebinding the book using wires or threads: however we have devised a new method to rebind the book using colored iron cores. To color the iron core brown, they were dipped in an aqueous coloring solution (H2O, C2H5OH, CuSO4 ․ 5H2O, FeCl3 ․ 6H2O); subsequently, a 20% paraloid B-72 was applied to protect the colored iron cores from corrosion.