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#ScarboroughON - #PortUnion #RepairCafé

Saturday, February 28, 2026
10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Port Union Community Recreation Centre
5450 Lawrence Ave E,
Scarborough, Ontario

Repair Café — Fixing
- Small Appliances and Home Electronics
- Housewares
- Jewellery
- Clothing & Textiles
- Computers
- Bikes
- Books and paper

FMI and directions:
https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/port-union-repair-cafe-2-3/

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesToronto
#RepairCafes #FixIt #RightToRepair #Mending #RepairReuseRestore #ComputerRepair #BikeRepair #BookRepair

This was the most time consuming & in depth book repair I've done. I disassembled the book, steamed pages, repaired pages with tengucho paper, re-bound the book, & made a new casing. It was my first time doing a rounded spine, so that was a bit scary! There was quite a bit of spine swell due to old adhesive that I wasn't able to completely remove + my own oversight of thread thickness.

#bookrepair #bookbinding #biblerepair #bookrestoration #bookconservation #biblerestoration

A small before and after

A little moisture goes a long way to flatten bent pages

#bookrepair #biblerepair #bookrestoration

Book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art #museums #SpecialCollections #BookRepair #BookConservation https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/books/book-conservation-met.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU0.GaT5.rJbRGiL4-rqL