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June 15, 2023

Book Restoration


Vampire Survivors



The image and video above are from the game Vampire Survivors.

An excellent roguelike shoot'em up with a high inspiration of Castlevania games.

Both game series use books in-game as weapons, pick-up items, spells, ...

I like books, especially real books like paperbacks and hardcovers. I don't keep all the books that I bought but the ones I like, I keep for a longtime. Which means that some books I use overtime got damaged so I decided to try to restore them.


Result






The first book I "updated" was Game Engine Architecture.

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The second book (Game Programming Gems #1) is more damaged.

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The next two books are more to reinforce the books.

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This book (PC Bible) was damaged outside (cover) where I needed to use glue to fix that.

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For this book, it has some pages teared up.

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Only the first page was teared up and I added some protection on the cover

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Tools






Here is the list that I purchased on Amazon to restore some of my books:

- Easy Bind Book Repair Tape - 1 1/4" W x 100 ft L

- Lineco Gummed Book Repair Tape 1 in. x 36 in, White, Average

- Book Binding Cloth Kits, Includes 39 Inch Book Binding Cloth 2 Pieces Bone Folder Tools and 1 Glue Brushes Repair Cloth Material for Repairing Binding of Old Books

- BookGuard 2" Vinyl Archival Bookbinding Book Repair Clear Tape

- White Bookbinding Tape, White Cloth Book Repair Tape for Bookbinders, Semi-Transparent Hinging Tape, Craft Tape, 2" Inches by 45' Feet, Acid Free and Archival Safe Tape for Crafts & Book Repair

- Books by Hand Archival PVA Glue Adhesive Kit for Bookbinding, Scrapbooking, Journaling, Craft Making, Projects. Includes PVA Glue, Glue & Foam Brush, Bone Folder, Container.

- Lineco Book Repair Tool Kit for Simple Repairs and Cleaning, Including Book Repair Tape 1" x 36", Mending Tissue, 0.5" x 12ft, Bone Folder, Cleaning Pad, Neutral pH Adhesive 4 oz, Gum Eraser.

I bought too much stuff and I didn't use all of it. I guess it will be useful in the future.

The "Easy Bind Book Repair Tape" is perfect to solidify or reconnect between pages (hinge / gutter).

The "White Bookbinding Tape"> re-inforce between the cover and the first pages. You could use between pages but it might hide some texts (depending on the book size).

The BookGuard 2 works inside the book (cover, pages), also outside (corner, spine, joint) and it's transparent.

For heavy damage (e.g. spine, joint), one kit of PVA glue adhesive kit and bone folder will be useful. I used that for PC Bible and Game Programming Gem #1.


Thanks for reading,

JS.