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Replacing Pouches, Replacing Bleeds?
By Les Smith

Rarely is it necessary to replace the bleeds when replacing the pouches in a player action. This is true even if you're replacing old, "tight" leather, with new, "leaky" leather, or even replacing zephir skin with leather. The key lies in SEALING new leather pouches with a couple of coats of diluted, rubber cement in order to render them virtually air- tight. The most commonly used rubber cement is Carter's and it should be thinned 50/50 with either naptha or Carter's own thinner. After the rubber cement has dried, SOP is to lightly dust the pouches with talc (blowing off the excess) in order to overcome any residual stickiness. Sealing the pouches obviates any need to fiddle with the bleeds. In fact, the most common reason for replacing bleeds is because they've been "fiddled up" by someone who either enlarged them while attempting to clean them, or replaced them previously with the wrong size! So make life easy for yourself and seal the pouches rather than replacing the bleeds.

Les Smith


(Message sent Wed 3 Jan 1996, 15:54:52 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Bleeds, Pouches, Replacing

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