Hi Paul, Thanks for the hot glue tip for patches! I stitched two and a half patches onto an old Carradice once, and it was a LOT of work. My last patch I put on a jacket by ironing on, and then putting 5 or 6 stitches around the perimeter. It's gone through the wash once with zero problem.
I have a fresh green Carradice that needs some patches, and I'll use your hot glue gun trick. Philip www.biketinker.com On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 8:01:03 AM UTC-8, Bikie#4646 wrote: > > Meade, I usually like the peace of mind that stitching gives me and > usually use a fairly heavy duty needle and thread and a pair of > needle-nosed pliers to push it through the heavy material (carefully!). > However, on the patch you recently sent with me, I chose a placement on my > bag that had an inside tool pocket that precluded the use of needle and > thread. After trying a hot iron without success, I heated the patch > slightly, then used a hot glue gun on the backside. I was careful not to > get too close to the edge (back of) the patch, but not so far that the edge > would lift eventually. Then I burnished it while still hot. A small amount > of glue creeped outside the patch's edge, but was very easy to scrape off > once dry. An important tip would be to not overdo the amount of glue > applied, while covering as much of the back of the patch as possible. > Only time (and maybe temperature) will tell if this method works, but it > lays flat now. If I could, I would put a small stitch into each corner for > insurance. > > Paul Germain > Midlothian, Va. > > On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 7:19:53 PM UTC-5, Meade Anderson wrote: >> >> Has anybody tried using a heat gun (paint remover) to soften the glue on >> the back of the patch then pressing it on the bag? Irons don't work well >> in many situations especially if you are using them on bags such as Swift >> Industries. And yes I am lazy and am trying to avoid the needle and thread >> method... >> >> thanks >> >> meade (paying for a warm beautiful Thanksgiving weekend with a misty >> Sunday...) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
