Rubber Cement Removal

[SimonJester753]

Okay..... I applied rubber cement to the back of the piece of leather I am/was tooling and stuck it to a piece of 1/4" plexiglass, never again.

How in tarnation do I get that glue off the back of the leather so I can glue a liner to it. Don't tell me to use rubber cement for that because it is not a good idea.

The plexiglass shrunk up into a concave, not a lot but enough that it won't lay down on the granite to carve on.

I n all the years I have tooled leather I never done any of the suggested methods to keep the leather from stretching. I simply never had a problem.

Believe me, I will go back to the way I always done it from now on.

I still need to get that blasted rubber cement off the back

ferg

If it's still on the plexi, and you can't peel it off, I'd carefully drip rubber cement thinner between the leather and plexi and start peeling them apart. I don't know what effect the thinner will have on leather. I've used it as a graphic artist to separate paper from illustration board without damaging either.

If you've already gotten it off the plexi, then you need a rubber cement pickup. They sell them in art supply stores, along with the thinner. Just rub the pickup over the area covered in rubber cement and it will pull the cement up.

Paper is less porous than leather, so it may take some doing.

I'm guessing the cement melted the plexi a bit.

Keep in mind, I just started working with leather, but I've got years of working with rubber cement.

[Ferg]

If it's still on the plexi, and you can't peel it off, I'd carefully drip rubber cement thinner between the leather and plexi and start peeling them apart. I don't know what effect the thinner will have on leather. I've used it as a graphic artist to separate paper from illustration board without damaging either.

If you've already gotten it off the plexi, then you need a rubber cement pickup. They sell them in art supply stores, along with the thinner. Just rub the pickup over the area covered in rubber cement and it will pull the cement up.

Paper is less porous than leather, so it may take some doing.

I'm guessing the cement melted the plexi a bit.

Keep in mind, I just started working with leather, but I've got years of working with rubber cement.

Nothing stayed on the plexi-glass. I have removed the piece from the PG. The cement is only on the leather and no the plexi-glass did not melt anywhere:)

ferg

[electrathon]

I glue almost everything I carve down. I generally glue to corion, but sometimes I do to plexiglass too. I glue the piece down by applying rubber cement to both the leather and the corion. Let it dry. Put it togeather. After tooling you gently pull it off, being carefull not to stretch it durring removal. You will not get the glue off. When you line it simply apply contact cement (I use Barge) to both your leatehr carcing and the liner. Assemble. I have never had one come apart.

Aaron