Talk:BPG Adhesives

Suggested Revisions

-Comments from 2009 PCC Task Force: This is a low priority chapter for revision. It is large and well-developed with a usefully-formatted table of contents. No compilers are listed in the back.

I replaced the old Library of Congress wheat starch paste recipe (under Treatment Variations - Vegetable Adhesives - Starches - Preparation) with the recipe the Book Conservation and Paper Conservation Sections began using in 2015.--Kkelly (talk) 08:48, 21 March 2016 (CDT)

Some good additions to this page: --Kkelly (talk) 12:31, 2 August 2016 (CDT)

• Lascaux303
• check completeness of PVAc formulations (what numbers of Jade are listed?)
• Add more about agarose and other gels, or better yet, move to their own page with links
• Differential Klucel G and other Klucels.
• Talk more about solvent-set and reactivaed tissues.
• Discuss different grades of gelatin

Review the recommendations on adding thymol to rice or wheat starch paste as a preservative, as this is not in common use anymore.--Kkelly (talk) 10:18, 19 September 2017 (CDT)

Structure of the Adhesives Section (for Reference)

Name of Adhesive

• Source

Notes about vendors

• Chemical and Physical Properties

• Sections on Identification, Physical Form, pH, Possible Additives

• Aging Characteristics

does it yellow, become brittle, or cross link?

• Sections on Reversibility', pH, Appearance, Relative Strength, Biological Attack

• Preparation

General notes about how to prepare this adhesive

• Recipe #1 (personal name, source, or institution, date)

condensed, specific instructions with measurements and times. Paragraph format is preferred to save space

• Application

General notes and tips and tricks for using this type of adhesive

Formatting

I feel like I would remove the bolding of the headers, it makes the table of content visually heavier in my opinion --Sblais (talk) 21:19, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

Creating individual adhesives page

A large project idea would be to break down this page into separate adhesives pages. I feel like the general information about the choice of adhesives and the application could stay on this page. Obviously the choice of which adhesive gets its own page or not (Klucel G should, but not Klucel M immediately in my opinion, due to their use frequency) is completely subjective. I think the adhesive recipes would then be moved to those individual pages. Remoistenable tissues (the concept as a whole) would be mentioned on individual pages, but might also be worthy of its own page. Recipes from the Tips page would be moved to the individual pages, and the tips page would be archived.

Here is the current table of content from adhesives, with the suggested pages bolded.

• 2 Vegetable Adhesives
• 2.1 Starches
• 2.1.1 General information
• Wheat starch paste (see example page I created) (not in table of content by itself)
• 2.1.2 Wheat Starch Paste From Precipitated Starch - Western Style
• 2.1.3 Wheat Starch Paste From Fresh Starch - Japanese Style (Shinnori)
• 2.1.4 Wheat Starch Paste - Japanese-Style, Aged (Furu-nori)
• 2.1.5 Rice Starch Paste
• 2.1.6 Modified Starches
• 2.1.7 Flour Pastes
• 2.2 Vegetable Gums
• 2.2.1 General Information
• 2.2.2 Gum Arabic
• 2.2.3 Gum Tragacanth
• 2.2.4 Agar / Agarose
• 2.2.5 Algin or Sodium Alginate
• 2.2.6 Funori (Japanese Seaweed Adhesive)
• 2.3 Cellulose Derivatives
• 2.3.1 Cellulose Ethers
• 2.3.2 Methyl Cellulose
• 2.3.3 Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC)
• 2.3.4 Hydroxypropyl Cellulose (HPC / Klucel)
• 2.3.5 Ethyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (EHEC)
• 2.3.6 Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC)
• 2.3.7 Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (MHC)
• 2.3.8 Cellulose Esters
• 2.3.9 Cellulose Acetate
• 2.3.10 Cellulose Nitrate
• 3 Proteinaceous Adhesives
• 3.1 Collagens
• 3.1.1 General Information
• Gelatin (not in table of content by itself)
• Isinglass (not in table of content by itself)
• 3.2 Caseins
• 3.2.1 General Information
• 4 Synthetic Polymer Adhesives
• 4.1 Poly Vinyl Acetate Solutions (PVA)
• 4.1.1 General Information
• 4.2 Poly Vinyl Acetate Dispersions (PVA)
• 4.2.1 General Information
• 4.2.2 Jade 403
• 4.2.3 Jade 454
• 4.2.4 Archivart Reversible Adhesive A-1023
• 4.2.5 CM Bond, CM-1
• 4.2.6 CM Bond, CM-2
• 4.2.7 CM Bond, CM-3
• 4.2.8 CM Bond, CM-4
• 4.2.9 Elvace 40-704
• 4.2.10 Texicote VJC 555
• 4.3 Poly Vinyl Alcohol Solutions (PVOH)
• 4.3.1 General Information
• 4.4 Acrylic Resin Solutions
• 4.4.1 General Information
• 4.4.2 Poly (ethyl methacylate) poly (methyl acrylate) copolymer (PEMA/PMA) (Acryloid B-72)
• 4.4.3 Poly (isobutyl methacrylate) (PiBMA) (Acryloid B-67)
• 4.4.4 Poly (n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) (Acryloid F-10)
• 4.4.5 Poly (ethyl acrylate) Poly (methyl methacrylate) copolymer (PEA/PMMA) (Acryloid B-82)
• 4.5 Acrylic Resin Dispersions
• 4.5.1 General Information
• 4.5.2 Rhoplex AC-33
• 4.5.3 Rhoplex AC-73
• 4.5.4 Rhoplex AC-234
• 4.5.5 Rhoplex 495
• 4.5.6 Rhoplex N580
• 4.5.7 Rhoplex N619
• 4.5.8 Rhoplex N1031
• 4.5.9 Plextol 360
• 4.5.10 Plextol 500
• 4.5.11 Plextol 498
• Lascaux (not in table of content by itself)
• 4.5.12 Lascaux 360 HV (Plextol 360 Base)
• 4.5.13 Lascaux 498 HV (Plextol 498 Base)
• 4.5.14 Texicryl
• 4.6 Proprietary Formulations
• BEVA (not in table of content by itself)
• 4.6.1 BEVA 371
• 4.6.2 BEVA D-8
• 4.6.3 Lamatec
• 4.6.4 Texicryl
• 4.6.5 Fusion 4000
• 4.6.6 Document Repair Tape - Filmoplast P
• 4.6.7 Archival Document Repair Tape
• 4.6.8 Archival Framing Tape

So the cleaned up list of new pages would be something like:

1. Adhesives (containing a general bibliography, introduction info, stuff about how to choose and apply adhesives)
2. Starches adhesives (general info, rice starch paste, modified starch, flour pastes)
3. Wheat starch paste
4. Vegetable Gums (gum arabic, agar, sodium alginate)
5. Funori
6. Cellulose derivatives (CMC, EHEC, HEC, MHC, cellulose esters, cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate)
7. Methyl Cellulose
8. Hydroxypropyl Cellulose (HPC / Klucel)
9. Proteinaceous Adhesives (collagens and caseins)
10. Gelatin
11. Isinglass
12. Synthetic Polymer Adhesives (PVA, PVOH, B-67, F-10, B-82, rhoplex, plextol, texicryl)
13. Poly (ethyl methacylate) poly (methyl acrylate) copolymer (PEMA/PMA) (Acryloid B-72)
14. Lascaux
15. Proprietary Formulations (lamatec, texicryl?, fusion 4000, filmoplast, archival tapes)
16. BEVA

--Sandrine Blais (talk) 20:37, 16 December 2025 (UTC)