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Offline Ava

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Silicon to leather
« on: June 27, 2020, 02:54:32 PM »
Hello,

Please, help.

How I can glue silicon to leather temporarily so I can remove when needed and stick back when needed. Glue shall not to gather dust and get dirty.

Thanks

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Re: Silicon to leather
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2020, 06:20:51 PM »
Welcome, Ava!

The glue easiest to un-glue is hide glue, which is applied and removed hot
https://www.violins.ca/info/hide_glue_preparation.html

The difficulty with your materials is that glues don't adhere to siliconE (I suppose, the rubber, not the semi-metal silicon). You need a surface tratment (a primer) on silicone before glueing, or the glue will fail will certainty. I don't know that from memory, so you must search primers to glue silicone. Primers meant for different glues like acrylic or epoxy have reasonable chances to work for hide glue.

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