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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 01:55 am GMT: | 
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Crossposted from makinglatexandleatherclothes Yahoo GroupXrev
From: snapbuttons Date:
Tue Oct 16, 2001 8:00 pm
Subject: Re: fixing a tear not on Seam?
Glueing the butted ends of the latex is useless.there's just not enough contact area.
The best way to glue a tear is to take a wide strip of lightly tacking sticky tape (about 3 times the length of the tear and at least 1 cm wider than the tear area), stick the two ends together to create a loop. Then stick one side of the lop onto a flat surface, so that you have a flat stick area. Lower one side of the torn material carefully onto the tape and attach with fingers.Move the other side of the tear as close as you can up against the other side and lower it onto the tape, sothat the material is in its original position and thetaer sides abutt. Smooth the latex onto the tape, then rub the latex with buffer solution to about 1cm around the tear (don't soak it or the tape glue willstart to disolve!!). Cut a patch from the same type latex to the shape of the area you buffered. Clean the matte side with buffer. Paint vulcanizer onto bothsides in the shape of the patch. Actually you willprobably need to make the area on the clothing a littlebigger. Allow to dry for 5 mins. As with glueing seams,lower one end of the patch carefully onto theglue-covered area of the garment (making sure it extendsbeyond the tear by about 1cm) and roll it off (withouttension and making sure not to trap air) with your hand.Pat down with your fingers, then roll with 1"wallpaper seam roller (under high pressure). VERY carefullylift the garment from the tape and rollagain.
The original tear will hardly be visible and thepatch on the inside will not be very noticeable, unlessyou've managed to get air bubbles trapped.
Liquid Latex is unsuitable fortears, because it does not vulcanize the sheet materialit is poured onto and will just peel off again. Hasanyone discovered a way to make it hold. I need to knowbecause I want to silkscreen liquid latex onto sheetlatex.
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