Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Shawn on Jun 25, 2009
Contact cement is flexible when dry.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Skand on Jun 25, 2009
Contact cement is flexible when dry.
Shawn, do you have a link for contact cement to be sent worldwide please ?
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Skand on Jun 25, 2009
It looks kind of like it is like Buckram. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckram
No, I'm quite sure it is not. Buckram seems to be weaved whereas cantonnière does not have weft.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Shawn on Jun 25, 2009
I'll have to try and search out a link for contact cement that can be sent worldwide. It may be hard to find one since it may be considered flammable. Hey Billy! You got any links you have found for contact cement that ships internationally?
You are right that Buckram has a weft to it. Hmmm.... I am sure we will figure out in time.
Buckram could be used in the mouth plate to stiffen it though. It might not be as flexible though.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by ladybug on Jun 25, 2009
I used plastic square flooring that has the sticky back for my mouth. I first used cardboard then sewed in the mouth , next I cut flooring tile little smaller and stuck it to the back of the card board. I like foamies but they are not good for regular performing.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Andrew on Jun 25, 2009
Contact cement seems to usually be manufactured and sold locally.
For example, LePage is popular here in Canada but I don't think it's widely sold in the U.S. We don't get most of the U.S. contact cement brands here. When I lived in Mexico I had to buy a Mexican brand. All I have been able to find for France is wholesale suppliers based in Asia.
Skand, I have a call in to a puppet building company in France asking them what they use and where they buy it.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by gompie on Jun 25, 2009
What they sell here in Holland as contact cement is a contact glue. They use this for foamrubber...It is very hard when it is dry. I tried in several ways to get the glue, mailed companies here who sell glue's. Nobody knows it..... It is said that shoemakers use to make shoes but my local shoemaker couldn't help me out.....
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Skand on Jun 25, 2009
Skand, I have a call in to a puppet building company in France asking them what they use and where they buy it.
Ah I'm very interested!
Anyway I stick to gluegun if I can't do otherwise...
And thank you for the research to both of you.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Shawn on Jun 25, 2009
Gompie,
What did your shoe maker say they used? I bet that the adhesive they use to attach the sole of the shoe would work for you. Here in the US there is a name brand called Barge. It is used in leather work to glue leather together. I think originally it was made in Germany.
Hopefully Andrews contacts in France will come up with a name brand for at least France. The same name brand may be available in the Netherlands.
Re: Hello, I'm Skand Posted by Shawn on Jun 25, 2009
Actually Barge is made by a company here in the US called Quabaug Corporation, located in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. http://www.vibram.us/jobs/About.asp They do have links to a company in Italy but all the on-line info on the companies does not mention Barge but other products. Hmm...