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I think that tar gel may be a bit to unique a medium for this. What about something like heavy gel medium, or a good archival bookbinders glue (lineco or even rice glue). Would Yupo paper be viable?
I like the 3m spray glues but they will discolor in time and there is some degeneration of materials after 20 years or so. I have some tracing paper works done in college that are brittle and heavily yellowed.
Rubber cements will turn even more yellow over time and border on brown. If you want to use rubber cement you would well advised to glue each piece, allow them to dry and then attach to each other after the glues are totally dry. (much like contact cements) The excess can be removed with a rubber cement “eraser”. In time (20 years or better) the glue will be a bit brownish.
What about something like YES glue, UHU Glue or even Bond glue (PH neutral but not archival). There is a glue that is used to attach canvas to board that is PH neutral but may or may not be archival as well but for the life of me I can’t remember the name at the moment. Seems to me it has a clever name like “grippy” or “gunk” or something like that. When I think of it I will post it.
If archival is not an issue, Xyron makes a dry application glue that might work well. There are also graphic supply glues that come in sheets that can be transfered to tracing paper as well. Comes in various sizes and is very easy to use.
There are also some PVA glues that might work if you are patient. Apply glue to the tracing paper, apply to the book page. Then cover with wax paper and a piece of glass or board and weigh it down until dry. Even the thinnest application may take a while to dry.
Good luck
Heavy gel might cause wrinkling, but a soft gel might work…I think I will give that a try. And I’ll look up the rice glue. I have no clue since I’ve never done bookbinding. Thank you for your suggestions!
I used some of the glues mentioned and got these results.
Bond is thick white glue
blue glue is an acrylic emulsion based glue
heavy gel applied very thing to the surface seems to hold well and not wrinkle the tissue thin tracing paper.
Xyron dri-bond glue worked fast and easy.Very few wrinkles on any of these. Did apply it to a scrap of mat board so I didn’t ruin a good piece of paper.
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