Leather,felt,and contact cement.

[Mattsbagger]

I've been making simple mouse pads with felt glued to the back. Then I saddle stitch around it and edge finish. I use contact cement but some time it seeps through the felt looking bad. Also when I'm mounting it to the leather i roll it with a rolling pin to get it stuck good at the edges. More than once I didn't see any seep but wen I flip it to roll the leather side contact cement has transferred to the unfinished leather. Is there a better glue to use? I'm not sure spray contact adhesive will work good enough on the edges. 

[fredk]

Any liquid adhesive can seep thru or at the edges. As you are sewing the felt to the leather, hows about double sided adhesive tape? It can be bought 2 inches or more wide so only a couple or three strips put across will cover the size of the mat. Quick, easy, mess free.

[Mattsbagger]

1 minute ago, fredk said:

Any liquid adhesive can seep thru or at the edges. As you are sewing the felt to the leather, hows about double sided adhesive tape? It can be bought 2 inches or more wide so only a couple or three strips put across will cover the size of the mat. Quick, easy, mess free.

I thought about that. But I worry about separation at the edge. It's sewn at 1/8 inch at about 8 spi. Also I burnish the edges not paint and worry about seeing the tape. Sounds like experiment time. 

[fredk]

Here we have two quite similar tube contact adhesives; UHU and Bostick. They are both rather thick, the Bostick being more rubbery than the UHU. I usually use the UHU. I run a bead along the edge of parts to be joined, let dry for a few moments then stick together. It doesn't take much to make the join, not enough to seep thru the thickness, and if I get it right, none squeeezed out the join.

Hows about using a glue like that along the edges but double sided tape on the inner part?

[Mattsbagger]

I've never seen UHU here in the States. I might look for something thing thicker than regular contact cement. Fanks! (That's my London accent lol)