Re: bellows patching magic

Richard Sullivan (richsul@roadrunner.com)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:42:03 -0700

At 08:19 AM 11/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, TERRY KING wrote:
>
>> Regards the bellows patch - I certainly think there would be a market
>> for patch material - I have used the stuff they used on tool handles
>> to give them a plastic coating with some success.
>
>Yes, and that stuff also comes in a spray can. I was experimenting with
>coating fabrics with it since I have been making bellows from scratch
>lately.
>
>- Wayde
> (wallen@boulder.nist.gov)

Wayde,

Interesting! I like seeing this idea confirmed. Terry's suggestion of doing
it with tape is ok for a leak or two but my C1 Calumet was starting to leak
on all four conrers on the accordian folds and it would have taken me a
week to tape it up. This stuff is more of a bellows restorer than a
patching material. Anyone with any experience knows that bellows are sort
of like roofs, once the leaks start patching is only a temporary fix.

Dick Sullivan

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