Titebond Trim and Molding glue for bushings....

[Richard Brekne]

Both... and quite a bit of trial and error over a year or so really. One 
of the nice things about working in a University situation is that you 
have lots of opportunity to do things over and over. You get a feel for 
how much glue to lay on any given cloth.  Too much will of course push 
off the sides when you try and spread it out with your finger now matter 
what you do.  Too little wont spread over the whole surface so as to 
seal it.  So you want enough to do the latter at least... more for 
thicker cloth.

Try a few sample lengths with different bushing cloth thickness... 
you'll see what I mean pretty quickly.  Then its just to get a feel for 
how much you need to firm up the cloth enough for wear and tear 
concerns.. but not too much so as to make for too hard a bushing.  I 
might suggest you start by making too hard a bushing and back off from 
there... :)

Cheers
RicB


    How is it that you control the wicking in?  The amount of glue?  The
    amount
    of pressure? Both?

    Barbara