You're welcome Philip. As I say, the trick is to be careful not to put too much glue on - just enough that it will not ooze out the edges of the patch when you press / burnish it down. It that happens, I think you can clean it up by gingerly scraping around the patch with a razor blade or the like and the excess should come off. Of course, you need to be quick enough that the glue does not get too hard before attaching it.
A stich or two at the corners would add insurance if you have doubts. Paul Germain Midlothian, VA -----Original Message----- From: Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wed, Dec 2, 2015 5:11 pm Subject: [RBW] Re: Heat Gun to Attach Patches to Bags 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 a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/nx77NspKRfE/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. -- 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.
