Renia Colle de Cologne vs Syntic Total a Superfix

[Yukonrookie]

Hello folks,

I’m about to order some contact adhesive again and am debating between the above mentioned options from Renia. Although I’m pretty set on one of the above, I’m open to good alternatives.

It’s gonna be used for sheaths, the odd holster, belts, hopefully the odd saddle and such. So it’ll have to withstand some wet moulding. Although the wet moulding I do would be more on the “light” to “medium” side. 

I will also say upfront that I contacted Renia and they recommended one of the above mentioned ones. So some would wonder why I still ask this question. Well, I’d like to know what experience those of you who used some or all of these contact adhesives made.  I’d like a really strong bond with some resistance to water. 
 

I was a bit concerned people would get annoyed with me for asking this question, when I already got a recommendation from the manufacturer. I’ll take my chances anyways  . These glues aren’t cheap and I personally don’t think it hurts to try and find out more about what and why people ,who actually used them, prefer one glue over the other.  
 

I appreciate you taking the time to read my post and possibly even give some feedback. It’s greatly appreciated.

[kgg]

10 hours ago, Yukonrookie said:

I’m about to order some contact adhesive again

Why not good old fashion LePage Heavy Duty contact cement??? I use it all the time, readily available, smells terrible, usually requires two coats with the first soaking into and sealing the leather and the second coat, once the first coat is dry, for bonding and can be thinned.

kgg

 

[Samalan]

BARGE CONTACT, IT HAS NEVER FAILED ME.

[Digit]

At school and at home I use a water-based CA. I have no experience with anything else, but I'm happy with the water-based stuff I use (Ecostick 9015st): it hardly smells and it does its job, namely keeping pieces together until they're stitched. I'd never rely on glue alone to keep things together; you always have to sew to make it last.

Then again, I have no experience (yet) with wet molding. Is molding glued-together pieces a thing? Most of the stuff I see here look as if they're molded first and then glued/sewn together...

[Yukonrookie]

5 hours ago, kgg said:

Why not good old fashion LePage Heavy Duty contact cement??? I

Yup, it’s sure cheaper and easier available. What colour is it when dry? Thanks a lot for the advice!

[kgg]

2 hours ago, Yukonrookie said:

Yup, it’s sure cheaper and easier available. What colour is it when dry?

The best I can figure is an off yellow. The color really shouldn't matter as you should never see it when you are gluing two pieces together just be careful not to put too much close to the edges. When making a belt I use two layers of 6 1/2 oz leather glued together, as I like a heavier belt and then stitch along both outside edges with V138. When I wet mould I do that before putting the pieces together then decide whether to glue, use double sided 1/4 binding tape or just sew. 

kgg