What Is Your Favorite Way To Use Barge?

[LNLeather]

I just thought I'd mention an eBay auction I found for brushes that I use to put Barge on leather.

I just buy Barge in tubes and put what I need on the leather and spread it with a brush. The brushes are about 14¢ ea.

FREE SHIP** ACID FLUX BRUSHES-144

I have never used a glue pot... I wait till I have a lot of things to glue up and then use a brush to spread the glue. These brushes are inexpensive and are easy to use – the bristles are firm yet soft enough. They work out to about .14 cents each. I am curious though about how long the brushes on a glue pot last. Doesn’t the brush in a glue pot collect dried glue and get hard and difficult to use?

Edited December 5, 2013 by LNLeather

[RiverCity]

I just thought I'd mention an eBay auction I found for brushes that I use to put Barge on leather.

I just buy Barge in tubes and put what I need on the leather and spread it with a brush. The brushes are about 14¢ ea.

FREE SHIP** ACID FLUX BRUSHES-144

I have never used a glue pot... I wait till I have a lot of things to glue up and then use a brush to spread the glue. These brushes are inexpensive and are easy to use – the bristles are firm yet soft enough. They work out to about .14 cents each. I am curious though about how long the brushes on a glue pot last. Doesn’t the brush in a glue pot collect dried glue and get hard and difficult to use?

If you like the acid brushes, harbor freight has a 36 pack for 1.99.

I've never grasped the glue pot idea either, unless you buy gallon sized cans they don't make sense IMO.

Chuck

[LNLeather]

Wow, I thought I had a good deal! That's even better.

Thanks So Much for Sharing that, Chuck.

[evandailey]

I recently purchased a LDPE Squeeeze bottle to experiment with because I was tired of buying and throwing away brushes, especially, when I'm usually only doing a little at a time. I will NEVER go back to brushes again for anything other than covering a large area. Put some Barge in the bottle, squeeze out a fine line on a seam or all over for bigger spots, and spread with a scrap of cardboard or a thin metal palette knife blade. No more messy threads on the Barge can. No more pitching brushes. If the glue gets a little thick in the bottle just add a little thineer and shake it up. Good as new. Here's the bottle I bought http://www.amazon.com/Vestil-BTL-RC-4-Polyethylene-Dispensing-Removable/dp/B00B51367M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386259678&sr=8-1&keywords=LDPE+Squeeze+Bottle

[oltoot]

I use a glue pot and brushes last as long as they stay covered in glue. I use ~ 1 quart of thinner to one gallon of barge and I use cardboard or leather scraps on large areas so as someone said to each his own.

[TXAG]

Seems like a small syringe would work well for fine lines and small amounts too. I have a wallet kit I will be assembling and will probably apply the barge's to it that way once I get started on it...