Glue for re-skinning camera leather

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I've got a thin leather that I want to re-skin a camera with & am at a loss to find a glue/adhesive for the leather.

I've experimentally tried a section with white PVC, 3M spray adhesive and they're not appropriate. No way I'd go to regular epoxy or any thing as solvent resistant.

Anyone successfully done this that can recommend an appropriate adhesive?

Bessa R4M is my target.

Robert
 
While I haven't used it for attaching leather to a camera case. I do use it for my watch bands.

LEPAGE® PRES-TITE® GREEN CONTACT CEMENT

Water based cement, non toxic and spreads easily. No messy stringing or smell

Since I haven't used it for cameras. Maybe someone will mention it, but you should give the camera area a light rough sand for the contact cement something to bond to. If it's too smooth. It might not stick as well

DON
 
Well, I don´t have so much experience with this, though I plan to re-skin one Kiev 4 and perhaps a Zorki 3M, but... recently I remove the plastic leather imitation of a Minolta XD-5, and I found really handy and appropriate the paper adhesive that comes in bar. It will be sticky enough for keeping the leather in its place, and easy to remove in the case you need to.

However, other people could point out some other problems, such that you need to take care to spread it evenly to avoid irregualrities...
 
one90guy said:
Thats what I use and you can cheat by not letting both sides dry, that way you can readjust the tricky parts.🙂
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Im with you on this one, I worked as a scenic carpenter/metalworker in NYC for years and its good stuff.

I fixed shoes with it too (contact cement/glue)
 
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