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Gluing Stiffener Between Leather Shell And Lining

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I'm using (the old) Tandy Bag Stiffener R688 for small project, making a coin purse. I need to sandwich stiffener between flesh side of chromed tanned leather and flesh side of deer skin liner. I've read the posts "gluing large pieces of stiffener" and it's a great help. The liner is smaller in area than leather and liner. I end up with about 3/8" border all around the stiffener. So the gluing surfaces are stiffener-leather and leather-leather.

Questions: Do I try to glue all three pieces in one operation or first glue stiffener to one side or the other? Can I use the same glue (cement) for the stiffener-flesh surface as for the leather-leather?

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I think you will have less mess or fewer accidents if you do one join at a time. You won't be rushing and mis-position one or the other. Plus, I'm not a fan of having wet glue (if you are using contact cement) on both sides of the stiffener at the same time. Where to you lay it to set to a slight tack with cement on both sides.

If you can do things in steps, without rushing, you will do a better overall job.

Tom

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