Have you ever done some album repair?

davewesen

Every couple of years, I have a coin album that gives up the ghost where it is connected to the cover. This has happened with both Dansco AND Whitman classic albums (the kind I use most often). They become rather heavy when there are 3-5 pages full of coins. I am trying to figure out what kind of ? rivets ? they use. Has anyone done it and know what they are called so I can buy some on Amazon and try it?

The_Dinosaur_Man

I'm not sure about the rivets, but the screw posts can be found at most hardware stores. You might have similar luck going that route.

braddick

I've seen those parts sold on eBay and rather inexpensively too.
There is a cloth type tape (purchased from Amazon) that is used to reinforce book cover that work perfectly on Danscos too.
You can even purchase this tape in a dark brown so it matches. If cut to specifications and placed on evenly it offers an attractive look too.
I hope this helps.

erwindoc

I have never had one break. Dropped a full ASE album once and it still held up. I have had bent pages come in the mail and there is no saving them.

OAKSTAR

@davewesen said:
Every couple of years, I have a coin album that gives up the ghost where it is connected to the cover. This has happened with both Dansco AND Whitman classic albums (the kind I use most often). They become rather heavy when there are 3-5 pages full of coins. I am trying to figure out what kind of ? rivets ? they use. Has anyone done it and know what they are called so I can buy some on Amazon and try it?

I'm picturing a mess! Can you post pictures of what you're talking about?

Mr_Spud

Not sure how far gone your book album is or what exactly fell apart, but I do minor repairs to old albums with this kind of archival acid free book binding glue. Keeping your albums in slipcovers is the best way to keep them from falling apart in the first place though.

Mr_Spud

But if all you need is the bolts and screws, there’s this

davewesen

not the posts but the inside binding? glue might work.

OAKSTAR

@davewesen said:
Every couple of years, I have a coin album that gives up the ghost where it is connected to the cover. This has happened with both Dansco AND Whitman classic albums (the kind I use most often). They become rather heavy when there are 3-5 pages full of coins. I am trying to figure out what kind of ? rivets ? they use. Has anyone done it and know what they are called so I can buy some on Amazon and try it?

I have quite a few Dansco's & Whitman's. I don't believe I've even had this happen or have one break. I have used a little Elmer's Glue on some frayed edges where the blue Whitman paper has peeled back off the cardboard page corners.

And like @erwindoc, I have unfortunately dropped them more then once. 😖 😫 You're right, I have a full 7070 (no gold) with 6 pages (I added one for the modern types), and it is HEAVY!

Mr_Spud

I’m not sure how to remove the old rivets, but if you can remove them you can replace them with these Scrapbook rivets that screw together. That is if the glue doesn’t work

OAKSTAR

@davewesen said:
not the posts but the inside binding? glue might work.

That is crazy! Never seen that!

Tom147

I've had one " inside binding " rivet pull out. Thankful I had a spare album so I just switched out the pages. Before the Dansco stoppage I had taken to buying the covers with just the denominations, such as " halves " or " dimes ", also buying blank pages and using a Brother brand label maker, doing my own customized album pages. Very close to the Dansco font. Just hoping Dansco gets back to full production soon. I have two years of proof and mint sets and no pages to put them in. I WILL NOT pay $ 30+ for 1 blank page.

Smudge

Duct tape.

johnny9434

@Mr_Spud said:
But if all you need is the bolts and screws, there’s this

Seen these on the bay. It's a start

drwstr123

They're called, "Chicago screws".

BryceM

You can find those screws for a few cents each at a neighborhood hardware store.

jacrispies

If it were my album, I would machine new larger washers and rivet them in. The original small round washers seem to be too small to hold up.

yosclimber

@Mr_Spud said:
Not sure how far gone your book album is or what exactly fell apart, but I do minor repairs to old albums with this kind of archival acid free book binding glue. Keeping your albums in slipcovers is the best way to keep them from falling apart in the first place though.

Elmer's glue is the same (PVA), and is great for binding repair.
My mom was a church librarian for years and used it.
There is also a trick using waxed paper so that the first inner page does not stick to the cover.

davewesen

thank you for all the suggestions and links. I put them on my amazon list and will order when list is large enough for FREE shipping.

seanq

@yosclimber said:

@Mr_Spud said:
Not sure how far gone your book album is or what exactly fell apart, but I do minor repairs to old albums with this kind of archival acid free book binding glue. Keeping your albums in slipcovers is the best way to keep them from falling apart in the first place though.

Elmer's glue is the same (PVA), and is great for binding repair.
My mom was a church librarian for years and used it.
There is also a trick using waxed paper so that the first inner page does not stick to the cover.

Would this work for the Whitman Bookshelf albums where the blue paper is separating from the cardboard pages? I have a couple where the plastic slides are loose on the page because of separation.

Sean Reynolds

Mr_Spud

@seanq said:

Would this work for the Whitman Bookshelf albums where the blue paper is separating from the cardboard pages? I have a couple where the plastic slides are loose on the page because of separation.

Sean Reynolds

The PVA glues work great for that, I fixed some Wayte Raymond pages that had that same problem. Just have to make sure you don’t accidently glue where the slides go. I accidently glued one of the slides in place one time because I put too much glue and when I pressed it flat it spread out and I had to fix it with a scalpel.

OAKSTAR

@seanq said:

@yosclimber said:

@Mr_Spud said:
Not sure how far gone your book album is or what exactly fell apart, but I do minor repairs to old albums with this kind of archival acid free book binding glue. Keeping your albums in slipcovers is the best way to keep them from falling apart in the first place though.

Elmer's glue is the same (PVA), and is great for binding repair.
My mom was a church librarian for years and used it.
There is also a trick using waxed paper so that the first inner page does not stick to the cover.

Would this work for the Whitman Bookshelf albums where the blue paper is separating from the cardboard pages? I have a couple where the plastic slides are loose on the page because of separation.

Sean Reynolds

Not sure if this is exactly what you're talking about. The blue paper on many of my Whitman albums have separated from the corners of the cardboard pages. This worked great for me.....problem solved! I don't believe I've ever had this problem with me DANSCO's

ChrisH821

I use a small art paint brush to spread the glue and avoid over-application.

124Spider

This is what happens to my albums. Yes, that many silver dollars in one album is hard on the covers!