Talk:BPG Adhesives

Suggested Revisions[edit source]

-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)[edit source]

Name of Adhesive[edit source]

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[edit source]

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[edit source]

Introduction[edit source]

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.

Current table of content, with bolded suggested pages[edit source]

2 Vegetable Adhesives
2.1 Starches(see example page I created)
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

Cleaned up suggested list[edit source]

Text that is bolded would be the new page name:

BPG Adhesives: current page, containing a general bibliography, introduction info, stuff about how to choose and apply adhesives
Starch Adhesives: general info, rice starch paste, modified starch, flour pastes
Wheat Starch Paste: example page I created
Vegetable gum adhesives: gum arabic, agar, sodium alginate
Funori
Cellulose derivative adhesives: CMC, EHEC, HEC, MHC, cellulose esters, cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate
Methylcellulose
Hydroxypropyl Cellulose: HPC / Klucel
Proteinaceous Adhesives: Collagens and caseins
Gelatin
Isinglass
Synthetic Polymer Adhesives: PVA, PVOH, B-67, F-10, B-82, rhoplex, plextol, texicryl
Paraloid B-72: Poly (ethyl methacylate) poly (methyl acrylate) copolymer (PEMA/PMA)
Lascaux
Proprietary Adhesive Formulations: lamatec, texicryl?, fusion 4000, filmoplast?
Commercial tapes: combined with the previous section or keep by itself?, include the list at the bottom of the Hinge, Tape and Adhesive Removal page?
BEVA

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

Other thoughts about this idea[edit source]

Put BPG portal at the bottom of new pages
Do not add BPG prefix at the start of page names, since the idea is to have them be usable and modifiable by all specialties
Make the purpose of the page (as a common page) as explicit as possible to encourage people from other specialties to add to the page
Keep sections that are currently empty as a reminder that this information could be added later (like pH or reversibility)
Use the template I made for new adhesive pages

--Sandrine Blais (talk) 20:42, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Questions to figure out[edit source]

How to incorporate the adhesive list currently at the bottom of the Hinge, Tape and Adhesive Removal page
Need to agree on the list of new pages
What to do about the BPG Adhesive Recipes and Tips page? Keep?
- Maybe keep as a landing page with a bunch of links to the specific recipes sections from all the pages