Re: [CR]Recovering an old saddle

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:58:43 +0200
From: "Sergio Servadio" <servadio@df.unipi.it>
To: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Recovering an old saddle
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Bianca Pratorius wrote:
> The covering on a couple of my old saddles are torn. What glue should
> be used to replace the leather or vinyl covering? I sometimes
> experience a NOS saddle might have a small section of the perfectly
> good covering coming off too, and it would be nice to just spot glue
> it on. Would I use the Barge cement that shoe shops use or contact
> cement or something else?

Apart from the glue, be sure the leather you choose is elastic enough and be ready to do some stitches under the 'nose' of the covering.

Sergio
Pisa