Gluing Appliques, Without A Messy Glue "outline"

[jynelle]

Hi folks,

Perhaps you can share how you might go about adhering (leather) appliques to the side of a leather bag. I am following the glue process with stitching the pieces together--but find that without glue, the pointed tips of my applique are curling up. So my goal is to adhere the utmost "tips" of these appliques so they don't pull up with wear.

What I'm currently doing (that's not working!) :

Currently, I'm running a scribe around the applique, then carefully applying contact cement (with a small paintbrush) to the bag--keeping inside the stencil lines but going right up them. I then apply contact cement to the applique, wait until everything is tacky, and press together.

The tips of the applique are adhering well, but there's a small messy glue seepage around many of the edges. No luck removing it with either contact cement thinner or a rubber eraser.

***Are there spray-on contact cements that might work--just spraying onto the applique?? ...Or any other thoughts??

Thanks!

Jynelle

[mikesmith648]

Let the contact cement fully dry before putting together..... this will prevent any seepage.