Wrap problem

cueguy

cueguy

Just a repair guy
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Hopefully someone can help out here. I just put on a lizard wrap and at the very end it looks like my contact cement may be old and not working really well. It is really complete, but a few portions of the seam are sticking up just a very tiny amount. I just went to pick up some new cement, but wondering how I could get it inside the seam to make it stick. See pic:
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It is hard to see in the image, but it is noticeable to me.
With new cement, can I pull it back up just a bit to insert new cement?
Would that mess up what has already been done?
Or should I squirt some titebond II in there? It might not stick with contact cement already inside.
Ideas?
Thanks!
 
I wouldn't do titebond I would just pull it up slightly and use new contact cement....I have done this before and it should work well....just try to let the cement set first and then about 15 min later press together and use a wall paper roller to press it down a bit
 
what he said!!

akaminski said:
I wouldn't do titebond I would just pull it up slightly and use new contact cement....I have done this before and it should work well....just try to let the cement set first and then about 15 min later press together and use a wall paper roller to press it down a bit
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What he said!!:thumbup:
 
I would try the roller first and see if you can get it to lay down the way you want.
Of course, you may have already tried that.
My 2 cents,

Gary
 
On wraps like these I find it usefull to run them through my drum sander and sand them down until they are much thinner and easier to lay out, the thickness of the material makes the material hard to use. If its thinner its much more pliable.

Its easy just take small passes and 2 sidded tape to a scrap piece of 1/4 inch aluminum plate I had sitting around and it helped alot.
 
Ill try again, on thick tough wraps like this one i send it through the drum sand sander 2 sided taped down to a piece of scrap 1/4 inch plate aluminum and will sand the thickness down so that the material becomes more pliable.

between than and time and patience ive never had a problem.

I quit using contact cement yrs ago on leather tho, it has a tendancy to allow the leather to stretch much more than wanted for the application.
 
Rabbit said:
Ill try again, on thick tough wraps like this one i send it through the drum sand sander 2 sided taped down to a piece of scrap 1/4 inch plate aluminum and will sand the thickness down so that the material becomes more pliable.

between than and time and patience ive never had a problem.

I quit using contact cement yrs ago on leather tho, it has a tendancy to allow the leather to stretch much more than wanted for the application.
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Sounds like good advice, would you be willing to share what glue you use
now, and maybe a bit about why?

Thanks
Dale
 
I bought a little wrap roller from Unique. Nice little Doo Dad. A piece of Delrin with a bearing at the end. Yep, a window screen roller will work too but I found that the little Unique roller has more than one use.

I use mine at the ends of a linen wrap instead of trying to get close to the ends with the press.
 
I use the wheel part of this steady rest to do a final press of the leather with the lathe running about 800rpm. I use it just like the porper linen press, but the wheels are softer. It presses out any air pockets and glue bumps. It also presses the seam together better than a wallpaper roller, IMO. I just did a wrap tonight with it. Works well. The porper press works Okay, just gotta use lite pressure so you don't leave ridges, etc.
As a steady rest, it sucked, but found a good use for it elsewhere...
Dave
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