Adhesives, part one

I would say that the number one question I get is “What adhesive did you use?” Everyone wants to talk adhesives at the show-what holds best, what is easy to use, what I like, etc. So, I think I need to post about what my favorite adhesives are. I’ll be covering them over the next couple of days.

XYRON

One of my all time favorites for projects. I love the complete coverage that I get when I run my mini book pages through the Xyron machine. For example, on the board books, I know that if I use Xyron to attach the pages to the books, those pages aren’t falling off. Plus, as people thumb through the books, they don’t pull the papers off. Xyron is an expensive adhesive, but I find it really worth it for the mini books and similar projects. Our board books probably get as much use in one expo weekend as your book will during its life. I have books over a year old that don’t have any tears/pulls at the edges. In this case, the extra money is completely worth it.