Any Way To Rehabilitate Gooey Cement

[leathervan]

I use Tandy contact cement and it lost its runny quality and globs up and is thick. The caps always start to leak on those cans of cement. Any way to still make it usefull. Like maybe adding something. Next time I buy some I am going to put some in canning jars. Maybe that will help the cement to keep longer. Anyone else had that problem.

[papaw]

This is a issue with all of them, there's a thinner for most (which I don't use) I don't know if it helps or not. I put in jar that I work from and seal the can back and turn the can every couple of days, I also steer it each time I open the can and try to mix what's on the bottom of the can. I don't know anything you can do after it starts getting thick, others may have some tricks but I've not heard them.

[Tree Reaper]

I use the thinner made for the specific brand of contact cement I'm using.

[dirtclod]

Get Weldwood cement in the red can. It works as well as Barge or the Tandy stuff, it's cheaper and you can get it at a hardware store. I used to use Barge all the time and it would do what your talking about in the last 2 or 3 years i never had the weldwood go to a blob. I put my glue in one of the small plastic coke bottles and drill a hole in the top and keep the sheepskin that i use to spread the glue with stuck to the top. If you use the plastic bottle and it's something different than the coke bottle just put a little in and see what happens all plastic bottles won't work. I had a couple melt down when i put glue in them.

[ramrod]

here's what we did when we sealed cans of EPDM adhesive used for roofing (5 gallon cans). after sealing them, we turned them upside down for a second or two. that way the contents of the can will seal any possible air leaks near the lid. works every time.....i used to do this with the weldwood cans.

[leathervan]

I wonder if Wellwood has the flexability that is a must or the leather pieces will eventually come apart. For instance a shoe soul is constantly being bent as one walks so something like Barge which is especially made for that is a must for a shoe repairman.

I meant Weldwood, not Wellwood

[leathervan]

I looked at a red can of Weldwood and it didn't say anything on the label about using it on leather. But there was a small bottle of Weldwood cement and it said on the label that it can be used for leather. But that small bottle was almost $5.