How To Glue Up Without Getting It Where I Don't Want

[humperdingle]

Call me a skinflint, but I use tiny offcut pieces of veg tan leather as glue spreaders

[circlet]

This is what I found works very well for wallet interiors.

http://springfieldleather.com/25969/Tape%2CSeamstick-Basting%2C1-4%22/

[mikesmith648]

I go to the sewng store like JoAnn's and get the seam tape. It comes in different widths and will hold really well while you sew...........and won't ooze out on the edges.

Got the hint from Kevin King who happens to make a LOT of wallets

[oltoot]

I have successfully used masking tape and painters tape

[Art]

If you want to use contact cement, thin it out a lot so it is easier to control. Place it in a very thin line (use Q-Tip if necessary), and wait till it dries. Put on another coat if not shiny when dry. Or cheat and use Seamstick tape, it works just fine. Get Seamstick at Rochford Supply, or ask Kevin, he may carry it (you'd be suprised what he has at Springfield). I find it hard (impossible for me) to get a zipper in straight without it.

Art

[The Grizzly]

Can you thin contact cement with Xylene?