Liner rebonding on camera case

[donday]

I have a Volenda 6x9 camera whose case was nearly apart when I got it.

I have stitched the case successfully using the popular methods on the

web (you can see the waxed linen sitches in this photo), but now its

time to work on the liner under the flap, which has separated from the

leather. I can see two different kinds of adhesive on the

leather--the original, lighter adhesive, and a darker one that I

presume to be from a more recent job. I'd like to use an adhesive

known to be long-lasting and appropriate for a collectible case (no

automotive headliner adhesive or rubber cement, for example). What

might be recommended?

 

Another question--I hope you can see in the photo below that there was

small stitching around the edge of the flap. For fidelity to its

original form, I'd like to redo this stitching, but this looks like a

machine job to me. Any thoughts on how to do this part? Very little

info seems to be available about liner repair!

 

Many thanks, as usual. I'll have some pix from the Vollenda itself

sometime--this camera was begrimed when I got it but has cleaned up

nicely, and yearns to go for a walk!<div></div>

[nicolas_douez]

Cloth glue. From Uhu or other brands, available at any fabric store, or at any drugstore, and designed to repair clothes and house tissues (very useful if your cat likes climbing onto the living-room curtains).

 

Cheap. Get some in a very little tube, because when the tube is opened, you must use the glue unless it will dry by itself in the tube.

[john_shriver]

The original may well have been hide glue. Classically, you had to melt it and work from a hot pot. But there are now liquid hide glues without that requirement. Very strong, reasonably flexible, reversible (by heat or water).

[bacsa]

I was stupid enough once to use superglue. DON'T do that. The linen got stuck, true, but it acquired white spots and the glue was outgassing for a month at least. I have left the camera (yashica GSN) in the case after i thought it is dry - well, a day later i noticed that the top chrome shell got fogged a bit where the linen was glued. Luckily it came off by insistent rubbing with cloth, but if it would have been in there for longer,...ay.

[donday]

In fact, modern hide glue does sound like just the ticket. I have a bottle of Titebond Liquid Hide Glue to try out that was left over from a painting project (hide glue is the secret behind the popular "crazed paint" effect). The notes say "It is ideal for musical instruments." If it was good enough for the still-ticking Stradivarius violins, it just sounds right for a classic camera case. I'll follow up here with an experience report whenever I do get around to this experiment.

 

--Don