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Offline bushboy

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glue for leather?
« on: July 10, 2012, 08:36:09 pm »
Hey guys,have never glued tanned cowhide before,wondering how tb3 would work? Thx's 4 any input bobbyjoe!
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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2012, 08:54:22 pm »
contact cement is what i use most, Bub
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 08:58:43 pm »
I used TB3 to glue the leather pads onto my wooden vice jaw pads.  It worked well for that
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Offline Pat B

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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2012, 09:06:35 pm »
TB glue will work to glue leather. I use it for handle fillers on my selfbows. Contact cement, like bubby said, is probably the best but it depends on what you are using it for.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 09:13:46 pm »
Yay it's to pretty up a quiver , once I bought the art sinew had to find a use for it! Thx's oo!
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Offline Wolf Watcher

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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2012, 10:54:03 pm »
I use Barge contact cement.  It sets up fairly quickly and you can sew through it without it clogging up the needle or what ever you are sewing with!  A/Ho Joe
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Offline stubshaft

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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 11:49:59 pm »
Barge Cement!  Been using it for years from everything to saddle making to putting on bow handles.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 11:54:22 pm »
If you can't find Barge cement you can use Weldwood contact cement(used for lamanate counter tops). Very similar and works well too.
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2012, 12:47:50 am »
I use Weldwood for all my knife sheaths.  Works well and available locally.
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Re: glue for leather?
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2012, 08:43:48 am »
Barge Cement.