Ya know, there are days where I just don't seem to read things properly. I suppose it should have been clear but it wasn't at that time.:o
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Actually, one of the reasons to use contact cement is because clamping is completely unnecessary.
Glad the tip worked...I just wish I'd never had the need to develop the procedure in the first place.
Cheers,
Ed
Prof... you're a genius... just fixed a strop of mine with your method.
A sensationally beautiful vintage australian strop that was damaged due to indifferent stropping technique... on someones part, no need to embarress any one person.
Thanks for offering the tip mate... at least a couple of very decent strops have been resurected as a result.
By the way... the contact cement i used is made by Norton! Is there anything Norton can't do?!
Greg Frazer
No worries mate...
It's called Norton "Gelfix" contact cement... you (and me) might have heard it called "Bear" contact cement before...
I wandered around work today asking "have you seen any bear glue?" and this is what i ended up with... i wasn't aware it came in a gel as well until today. (Bear contact cement is liquid)
Let me know if you have trouble finding it... i know Bunnings and Mitre10 have it.
What i did was lay the strop flat on the bench... dip my bum scratcher in the cement and rub it over the cut... against the grain if you know what i mean... this seemed to work the cement deep into the cut... then i let it get tacky dry and rubbed with the grain pushing the cut closed and smoothing the surface... the excess cement rolled up and fell off like bubble gum would...
Next task is to get it off your finger... I'm sitting here now, reading the forum and trying to get Bear Gel off my hands... every campaign has it's casualties.
Greg Frazer