cleaning a glue pot

[craftsman827]

Best way with solvent & elbow grease!!!

Also I've found buying from a shoe maker supply,VERY $$$ saving.

You can buy by the gallon,the glue & solvent.

I use vasoline, as Luke said,works well.

As it gets older, use the solvent!

[Art]

Hi Larry,

A solvent for Tanners Bond would be one of the Glycol Ethers like Butyl Cellosolve or Carbitol DE which may be applied on the dried glue sparingly, let soak in for at least half an hour, and then wipe the softened glue with a steel wool dauber. Once the glue is removed, the area should be rinsed with water and dried off with a clean cloth.

Glycol Ether must be handled carefully. Avoid contact with eyes and skin. The person working with it, should read an MSDS first.

Butyl Cellosolve can be purchased for about $10 a quart and that quart should get you through forever.

http://www.chemistrystore.com/butylcellosolve.htm

Art

I have a glue pot that I keep leather weld in and once in a while I clean it, but to do not do a very good job

any one have any ideals of the best way to do it? I soak it in hot water and use a tool to scrap out the debree inside the pot

but that still does not do a very good job...... Larry

[llasso]

Thaks for all of your input, it really is ashame that the manufacture of this product does not have the awnser to this question. I ask and really did not get a reply that we did not already cover.........

[Beaverslayer]

Home Depot sells a product called "Goo be Gone" this is amazing stuff and it takes pretty much anything glued or gluey off of anything. And it even smells nice, and it's not toxic like most chemicals.

Ken

[randyandclaudia]

I have 6 glue pots in desperate need of cleaning. Thanks for the suggestions. I have many different types of glues that I use, but I wanted to pass along the information on some incredible glue that I have recently been turned on to. We've all probably fried our brains already on the toxic rubber cement fumes. I know I have. It reacts like rubber cement except it is a synthetic latex. You can even let it dry and reactivate it with heat. Excellent Glue! I don't use it for everything . . . it definitely saves the brain. You can get it from UPACO Adhesives Division Worthen Industries, Inc. out of Nashua NH. The product name is Synthetic Latex and the number is 1812. I was sent a sample and have quickly found the need for more. The biggest issue for folks is they have a $400.00 minimum order. That's a lot of glue. The good thing is it won't go bad. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Randy

[randyandclaudia]

here's the phone number for UPACO - Non-Toxic Synthetic Latex Glue #1812 - 603-888-5443

[gtwister09]

Thanks Randy. Was just getting ready to ask. Here's the web address to the leather (footwear) section Glue Site

Regards,

Ben