Contact Cement - What to use and where to get it

[whithead]

I tried to get some Barge Cement for my first saddle at Tandy the the other day and was told I have to be a pro to buy it...

What else do you folks use, why do you like it and where do you get it?

Thanks in advance!

[JRLeather2]

I use and like this stuff, and you can get it at any home depot or lowes or menards type store....

[JustWakinUp]

I tried to get some Barge Cement for my first saddle at Tandy the the other day and was told I have to be a pro to buy it...

What else do you folks use, why do you like it and where do you get it?

Thanks in advance!

I use barge & I use Masters. I order online.

[Luke Hatley]

justwakinup. can you get the" TannersBond Contact "at your Tandys

if you can you will be very pleased with the product, I am.

[Duke]

you dont have to be a pro to buy barge, you just cant purchase in larger quantities without a federal tax ID number. you can still get a 2 oz. tube over the counter. tanners bond rubber cement or contact cement works good too, but I stick with barge, as I feel it is the best on the market.

[howardb]

I tried to get some Barge Cement for my first saddle at Tandy the the other day and was told I have to be a pro to buy it...

What else do you folks use, why do you like it and where do you get it?

Thanks in advance!

That may be the best avatar on record. If I'd been drinking something, it would have shot out my nose. Thank you for brightening my day!

Oh and I use the weldwood/dap stuff too, as do several pro's I know. The trick (as I learned at the guild meeting yesterday) is to let it DRY for 10-15 minutes before sticking them together, and then press the liner in hard (he used a 1.5" dowel, but I suppose a J-roller would work too).

At Menards/Lowe's/Home Depot, you don't have to be a "pro" to buy it by the gallon...

Brent

[SCOUTER]

Whitehead- I always hated contact cement... Never thought it was strong enough and very tempermental. Have you ever tried Fieblings (white) leather cement? That stuff is awesome! STRONG as heck!

[AndyKnight]

contact cement from a building supply will work as well as barge on skirting leather. Use a leather roughener and it will stick ..to where you won't be wanting to pull it apart. I also use a latex contact cement from Helmefix. Great but the drying time is longer and even more so on cased leather but no fumes.

[barra]

I tend to use whatever contact is going. On a side note does anyone think dextrine/hide glue still has a place in this day and age for certain applications. I don't think that we would ever totally go back to it over modern contact cements but with hide glue you can reactivate it with the application of mild heat. With contact cement, yes you can apply wet to both surfaces and get a little lee way with repositioning before it goes off, however once it has gone off that's it, game over.

Barra

[Sandy Robbins]

I use Duall #88 cement. I got mine from Siegels of California.