Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-03-14 22:50
Matt74 wrote:
> Some of you may have an advantage in being older than myself.
> Rubber cement was not a thing when I was growing up.
>
> "Rubber Cement" is meant to be temporary, is not dried before
> adhering, and is made with natural rubber. The whole idea
> seems to be that it's removable. Apparently it's used for
> scrapbooking and that sort of thing.
>
Well, it *can* be applied by letting it dry first. which will create a stronger bond, but still very peel-able. When I was a student in the 1960s and 70s I used rubber cement to hold my mouthpiece patches (cut from rubber work gloves) to the mouthpiece surface. Brush onto the mouthpiece and, I think, onto the back of the patch, wait for it to dry, place the patch on the cement. Excess cement around the patch was easy to remove - just rub it with a finger and it would roll off. When the patch wore out, it was very easy to pull it off, clean the remaining cement (again by rolling it off with a fingertip), and do a fresh patch.
Needless to say, it would be harder to do - messier to put on and very much messier to remove - with standard contact cement.
Karl
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