Re: [CR]Repairing a torn gum hood?

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:35:28 -0600
From: "Colin Leipelt" <colin.leipelt@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Repairing a torn gum hood?
Cc: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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what about sew and glue?

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Doug Van Cleve <dvancleve@gmail.com> wrote:
> Matthew,
>
> I have had reasonable luck with super glue. Get the hood really clean then
> install it. Maybe slip some plastic or wax paper under the torn area (so
> you don't super glue the hood to the lever body), then neat apply the glue
> to one side and match everything up and hold until it dries. If it isn't a
> spot the flexes in use, it should hold.
>
> Doug Van Cleve
> Chandler, AZ USA
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:49 AM, devotion finesse <
> devotion_finesse@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Has anybody ever successfully repaired a torn Campy gum hood? Assuming
> it
> > is fairly supple and can be slipped onto a brake lever, is there anything
> > that can be done to deal with this 1/2" tear? A glue/epoxy? Rubber
> Cement?
> > Matthew Bowne
>
> Brooklyn, New York
>
>
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