When I bought a new belt some months ago, I thought the lack of stitching meant it was made from a single strip of leather. Come to find out that it’s actually two strips glued together with something sticky that came un-done at the point where the belt passes through the buckle.
So I peeled a bit more apart, smoothed a thin layer of urethane glue (aka Gorilla Glue) inside, laid waxed paper on both side just in case the foam expanded beyond my wildest imagination, and clamped it together:
Belt clamping
The glue layer turned out just about perfect, with only a few blobs sticking out the sides:
Belt with urethane glue blobs
Those blobs snapped off easily enough and the belt works fine again. We’ll see how long this one lasts…
#1 by Rob on 5-June-2012 - 09:16
Very Nice!
I have some of that GG and used it to repair an old
silverware drawer that had seen too much use. I’m
looking at that Gorilla duct tape next, just as emergency
kit stocking and all. Their website said a kid won a
“science” fair with it (redneck science fair with a duct tape category ROFL)
and it beat all the other brands of duct tape. 3M was like a distant 3rd-4th???
Oh well, I did not mean to spam here Ed, I’m just intrigued by products that
far out-perform the norm for their category. It seems you are too…
#2 by Ed on 5-June-2012 - 13:22
Report back on how that works: I’ve seen it, but it never crossed my “gotta have” threshold…
#3 by Jubilee Hasty on 6-June-2012 - 11:26
Long time lurker here. Just had to chime in with my Gorilla Tape experience.
I used it to tape on the battery holder door on a broken watering timer in my green house. It was subjected to upwards of 110 degree summer heat and water spray, high humidity. Then a winter in an unheated car port (lows of just above freezing and up to 100% humidity).
Come next season, I was able to peel the Gorilla Tape off with no sticky residue to change the battery and actually RE USE THE SAME PIECE OF TAPE!!
I am a life long convert! I have some in each of my tool bags!
#4 by Ed on 6-June-2012 - 12:09
That’s enough to put it on my shopping list…
Thanks!