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Janierik
Tinkerer
Username: Janierik
Post Number: 4
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 10:21 pm: | 
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Hi!
Usually I use shellac to glue leatherette to metal, but this time I found an old glue in a camera that looks like shellac when old and dried, but does not dilute into anything that shellac would. Does anyone know what more modern glues were already in use in 1920's and 1930's? |
Glenn
Tinkerer
Username: Glenn
Post Number: 919
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 03:46 am: |
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Good old hoof and hide glue straight out of the knacker's yard. If it softens and eventually dissolves in boiling water, then this is what you have, a much cheaper alternative to shellac. |
Janierik
Tinkerer
Username: Janierik
Post Number: 5
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 11:04 am: |
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Thanks Glenn!
It dissolved in boiling water while many other chemicals did nothing to it, so it must be like you said. Thanks again for help! |
