BargeCement Thinner

Works as a thinner for your cement when it starts to dry out. It also works well as a cleaner before you apply the cement.

Works awesome

I had a older quart of Barge cement that had become more solid than liquid and unusable. My options were to either buy a new quart for $36 dollars plus tax, so closer to $40 I suppose, or to take a chance on buying a can of this thinner for $25 and see if it would make my cement workable again. I chose the cheaper option... It can be messy to pour to start with, but with a bit of thinking before pouring you can avoid any mess. I used a funnel to pour it, and never spilled a drop. I was surprised at how quickly it worked! after a few minutes of shaking, the thinner had all incorporated into the glue and definitely thinned it out. It did take a couple times to get the proper viscosity for the glue, but I have a very usable pot of glue now, and have 2/3 of the can of thinner for future use. so all in all, this was very worth the money! I read reviews of people having it being messy and creating a stringy gloopy glob of the glue, and all I can say is those are all 100% user error. if you take your time to pour properly, its not messy. and if you are patient, and give the thinner time to do its work, the glue comes out just fine, with no gloops or globs.

Original Barge glue works great for resoling climbing shoes and any rubber soled shoes or boots. It is commonly used by professional climbing shoe resolers. I have resoled many pairs of my climbing shoes (they wear fast!) and my families climbing shoes after buying a large sheet of 5.10 sticky rubber. Buying cans of glue is so much cheaper than tubes but the solvents dry out really fast so you almost always land up with glue that is too thick to spread properly. This thinner really works to rejuvinate old glue that is too thick to use anymore.The only downside is it is extremely noxious (contains toluene) so it is mandatory to use outside or with forced ventilation and avoid getting it on your skin by using very thick gloves and being very careful.For craft use it is also good for making the glue thinner than normal to get very thin layers.This should work for other rubber glues too.

Container of thinner came with only the protective seal, no lid. Rufus from Amazon suggested I return the thinner or purchase a lid. The thinner itself seems fine. Arrived promptly.

I have been using Barge leather cement for as long as I can remember in my leather shop. If you use alot of contact cement you have to use thinner it will save you from wasting the cement as it gets thick over time. It also helps the cement spread easier. I have used this thinner on weldwood contact cement as well and it works great for it also.

def use ventilation, and get your placement right the first time, there are no second applies. Strong bond, but if you're using with eva foam, heat set your piece before using glue or it will delaminate with additional heat application. also is great for sticking velcro on a sandal that needs an extension. best if you get a glue pot so the main body won't dry out so easily. the applicator brush that is on the lid, is a stringy pain in the butt. so you're really better off having a smaller application system. Thin coats, dry and then apply

Extends the life of barge cement.