What's the best glue to use to glue Velcro to leather and not stiffen the leather? ...Jim Thompson
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Rubber cement used to patch tires might be the most flexible. Gorilla Glue ( polyurethane ) might be a stronger adhesive. The stuff used to glue rub ber soles on shoes is probably the best , but I do not know where to find i t. Are there any shoe repair places near you?
The additional thickness of material that can't slide around as you bend it is bound to stiffen the asesmbly some.
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Some of that industrial Velcro has some serious stickum on it, for sure. Dunno how well it works on leather.
No doubt Jim's updating his mukluks for the winter. ;)
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Thanks! Perfect for repairing wife's sandals. ...Jim Thompson
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A similar product, perhaps easier to find, is E6000. It's a clear rubber cement, solvent-based (use it with good ventilation only, it's kinda fierce), grips very well on most materials, waterproof, remains stiffly-flexible once cured. Most hardware and home-supply stores should have it.
My wife has used it for a whole bunch of craft and artwork projects. A few years ago she decorated an outdoor wall with glass buttons and colored tiles of various sorts... I bought her the "industrial adhesive" version which comes in caulking-gun tubes. After about 5 years of exposure to California sunshine and winter rains, a couple fell off (out of many hundreds) but the rest are fine.
They make a variant of E6000 called "Fabri-Fuse" which is specifically intended for fabrics. It's even dry-cleaning-safe once cured.
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This makes me wonder: if you had the right "thread" and the right sewing machine, could you make loop-side Velcro by stitching it into any fabric with the right mechanical properties? Hook-side requires, well, hooks, but I think loop-side might be doable.
And yes, this is another nerd-optimized solution, but maybe a tad easier than genetically engineering animals to have Velcro fur.
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You don't need to do anything special to make the loop half of velcro. My hat has a small bit of hook velcro exposed in the back and from time to time it is nearly pulled off my head when I get up from a cloth chair with a high back.
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