Planatol bookbinding glue BB

Planatol bookbinding glue is a special adhesive for gluing paper, cardboard and paperboard. Depending on the job, it can be used unthinned or thinned or mixed with starch paste or cellulose paste. The mixing of bookbinding glue and paste glue produces an adhesive that is excellent to work with: even a small amount of bookbinding glue has the effect of making the paste glue insoluble, of making it become sticky more quickly and of preventing the material being worked on from becoming warped or wavy. It is also true in the reverse: bookbinding glue is a lot easier to spread if a small amount of paste glue is added to it: it dries more slowly and the bonding of the work pieces also takes place more slowly. Paste glue can be used as a thinner instead of water.

The bonding of paper materials with aqueous adhesives – especially surface layer bonding – is not an easy matter but, when done properly, it does produce very nice results. There is always the danger, however, that layouts or posters will end up being glued to what have become irreparably wavy or warped carrier materials if you are not careful. There is an excellent introduction to the techniques of bookbinding written by Franz Zeier called Books, Boxes & Portfolios (in our shop in German but available in English as well in the internet). Our chart depicting the possible uses of various adhesive mixtures and the best mixing ratios for certain jobs is based on this book.

FYI: there is a simple recipe, which is described by Franz Zeier, for making starch paste yourself using wheat starch flour. Cellulose paste glue, which can also be used for thinning Planatol BB, is basically just our WALLPAPER PASTE.

Attributes: Planatol BB is an aqueous dispersion adhesive that contains a plasticizer which, when cured, produces a film that is transparent, colourless, sturdily elastic, moisture and aging resistant.

Application: Planatol BB is great for manually gluing standard grades of paper (not for silicone paper). In addition, it has proved to be excellent as a universal adhesive for manual bookbinding work with its usually heavier types of materials. When used to make a text block, the pages will stick together firmly. Plastic cannot be glued with Planatol BB. PLANATOL AD 94/5 B is recommended for that work.

Treatment: This dispersion adhesive is configured as a ready-to-use product for manual bonding work. For other types of work it can, if required, be thinned with up to 10% water. As indicated by the chart, thinning with starch paste glues is also a possibility. In that case, the open life of the glue is extended. Additionally, adding Planatol BB to starch or mixed starch paste glues like PLANATOL ELASTA N increases their bonding strength. Brushes or devices can be cleaned with cold water after use. It is recommended that the product be used within six months.

Application possibilities for adhesive mixtures: