Contact Cement Alternative

[steelhawk]

I had been using my garage workshop to glue my holsters, but it is now too cold for that, according to the temperature limits on the container, 65 degrees. I can't do it inside as my wife is very sensitive to the fumes.

Is there a good alternative to contact cement. Tandy makes a white glue called Leather Weld, but I don't know how it will hold up on a holster.

[husker]

I had been using my garage workshop to glue my holsters, but it is now too cold for that, according to the temperature limits on the container, 65 degrees. I can't do it inside as my wife is very sensitive to the fumes.

Is there a good alternative to contact cement. Tandy makes a white glue called Leather Weld, but I don't know how it will hold up on a holster.

I use some of the white cement from Tandy and have had no issues with it, but I have nothing to compare it to as I've used pretty much only that. I can tell you that the stuff I use does not put off any fumes, can't smell it at all actually is pretty much the same consistancy as Elmers glue.

Edited November 4, 2011 by husker

[marine mp]

What Husker said......Semper-fi Mike

[Dwight]

I cannot speak for the Tandy glue, . . . but Elmer's works pretty good.

Titebond wood glue also works pretty good.

The problem with the glues, . . . they take so long to dry.

You may also want to try some just plain old rubber cement, it will not hold up in the long run like contact cement does, . . . but to just hold it together while you are stitching it, . . . it'll work fine.

Push come shove: use a heat gun, . . . warm your leather with it, . . . put on the contact cement out in the garage, . . . use the heat gun to dry the contact cement, . . . take it back into the house.

I am forced to do that occasionally during the winter if I have a larger project. I haven't had any problems at all with doing it that way. It may make a difference if you are using something else, though, . . . because I only use Weldwood. It works this way.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Shooter McGavin]

White glue isnt water resistant, if that matters in your designs.

[steelhawk]

White glue isnt water resistant, if that matters in your designs.

That's good to know.

I won't use the white stuff on my underwater holsters for glocks.

[Shooter McGavin]

Meh, just wet molding is enough moisture to make it come loose.

[Haystacker]

Leather weld works great. Just follow the instructions. Make sure the glue is dry before wet molding.

[steelhawk]

Thanks, guys. One more question I just thought of. Will the Tandy stuff work on gun belts, too, or should I stick with contact cement on them?

[Shooter McGavin]

Leather weld works great. Just follow the instructions. Make sure the glue is dry before wet molding.

I never tried waiting for it to dry. :brainbleach: I'm going to run a few test pieces. Thanks!