Than to glue a skin to a skin?

Leather is one of the most popular materials for making things and shoes in our wardrobe. Regardless of how accurate you are in the operation of your things, every person may have an urgent need for repair, which can be carried out independently. In this article we will tell you how to glue the skin to the skin fairly easily and quickly.

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Where to start?

To repair your favorite leather thing, you may need the following tools and tools:

• Adhesive, which is suitable for working with leather material and fabric. For this purpose, the shoe adhesive or the "Moment" can come up.
• Sharp scissors of small size.
• Suitable for the size of a piece of thin skin of the corresponding color. The size of the material should be such that it is possible to cover the damaged area for a distance of about 2 centimeters on each side.
• Solvent, which will provide degreasing of the materials to be glued.
• Several toothpicks and a brush with stiff bristles.
• Paint for leather material - suitable for this purpose shoe cream of the appropriate shade.
• Also during the work you may need some heavy object on weight, which will have to be used as a press.

Important! All repair work is recommended to be performed on a well-lit table with a flat surface. So it will be easier to glue the skin to the skin.

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Which glue to choose?

Very responsibly it is necessary to concern with the decision of a question, than to glue a skin. The modern market offers the consumer a wide range of different adhesive compositions, the most suitable of which are the means intended for working with the skin and repairing shoes.

The most popular today are the following types of glue:

• Nairit composition is a transparent adhesive with a sufficiently thick consistency. The most rational use of this material to connect damaged areas of haberdashery - gloves, belts, etc. The main advantage of the nitric adhesive composition is the efficiency and strength of the connection of leather materials among themselves.
• Dysmolecular glue is a viscous liquid that does not have a color and is characterized by a high level of transparency. It is recommended to use similar formulations for fastening small parts, and also to glue the skin to the skin in the places of cuts and other mechanical damages.
• Rubber-based compound - best suited for auxiliary work, such as making a "header" or shoeing the shoe before the next firmware of the product. The glue has a slightly cloudy color with a white-yellow tint and a liquid structure.

Important! Most often, when deciding how to glue the skin, consumers prefer glue formulations from the following manufacturers:

• Moment;
• MARS;
• Patex;
• EGA;
• КР-1;
• AGO;
• Unikum;
• 88H;
• Rapid.

Buy the most suitable for the purposes of the adhesive composition can be in the specialized stores selling household goods or in the departments "Everything for the house."

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How to glue the skin?

To carry out repair work to restore an attractive aesthetic appearance to your favorite items made of leather, the following practical recommendations should be adhered to:

1. Unscrew the product from the skin on the wrong side. In jackets with a lining, you can see a section of the outer seam, neatly, which you will easily reach the material.
2. Locate the damage site and carefully treat it with a solvent - to ensure better adhesion due to surface degreasing.
3. Cut out the size of the damage from the pre-prepared piece of leather patch in such a way that it covers the surface on each side by at least 2 cm.
4. Surface patch carefully and smear the surface of the damaged area with the selected adhesive composition.
5. Allow the adhesive layer to dry for about half an hour.
6. Apply one more layer of glue and allow it to dry a little.

Important! In this case, it is desirable to postpone the work no longer than 10-15 minutes, since the glue should dry only to a semi-dried state, without losing its basic properties.

1. Begin the process of bonding the surfaces, initially gluing to the patch one side of the rupture, and after - having done the same with the other damage site.
2. Thoroughly press down the bonding area for several minutes.
3. Turn out the jacket on the front side and bend the place of the lacquer along the length of the cut so that the edges part slightly.
4. In the resulting hole with a toothpick, apply a small amount of glue and connect the edges as closely as possible to adhere the skin to the skin.
5. Align the repaired item on the table surface and place the bonding site for a day under the press.
6. If necessary, tint the place of gluing with shoe cream of the appropriate shade.
7. If in the process of work you ripped open the lining fabric, then do not forget to sew it.

In this article, we shared with you the secrets and recommendations on the repair of leather things and the gluing of skin surfaces between each other. If you adhere to all the instructions given, the damage place as a result will be almost invisible and you will be able to wear your favorite thing for a long time.