neelin
Established
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
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
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
When I re-skinned my Yashica 12 I just used plain contact adhesive and it worked well.
panerai
Well-known
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
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
one90guy
Well-known
contact glue
contact glue
Thats what I use and you can cheat by not letting both sides dry, that way you can readjust the tricky parts.
contact glue
Thats what I use and you can cheat by not letting both sides dry, that way you can readjust the tricky parts.
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
I like to use rubber cement. Seems to hold well enough if you use fresh stuff that is still pretty liquidy and coat both surfaces, cleanup is easy and, oddly, I love the smell of it.
pordiosero
Member
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...
However, other people could point out some other problems, such that you need to take care to spread it evenly to avoid irregualrities...
newspaperguy
Well-known
My vote is for rubber cement... or if you're really confident - contact cement.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
Most professionals use Pliobond.
Chris
Chris
Corto
Well-known
Thats what I use and you can cheat by not letting both sides dry, that way you can readjust the tricky parts.
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)