plastic-dip in a can or spray and smooth with a brush ?

[jnantz]

the last time i used my own advice to repair bellows i used a few drops of india ink
in some good old ova glue ended up clotting up the glue and making
it kind of useless so i am trying the plasti-dip solution to see if
it works any better.

i have read here and other places on this world wide web
that you spray it on and smooth it with a brush, but the
bellows is still on the camera, so i dont' really want to do that ..
( i have a healthy amount of experience using a spray can and knowing
what happens when *I* use it )
anyone use the same plastic-dip in a can ?
i've looked in my home goods stores and they only have spray cans ...
any national hardware chain carry it in small ( NOT 1 gallon ) cans ?
while i'd love to put plasticized rubbery hand grips on EVERYTHING I OWN i think it will get
old when i put a rubbery coating on my hands/arms ( like the first surgical gloves )
or my feet so i don't have to wear shoes ... it'll end up like when i was shipped 10 cubic yards
of gravel instead of 3 ( or his yard-scoop was enormous ) there is only so much you can do to be "creative" and use stuff up.

if i can't get small cans, any other products that will seal bellows, i don't mind buying 4oz containers. even a few .

thanks for your bellows patching material expert help

[Erik Larsen]

I buy a pint at Tru Value hardware store and use a little brush to seal pinholes in bellows. Not sure of the name brand brand but it was around $8 if I remember

[lecarp]

I have found liquid electrical tape to be the best solution. Small can comes with its own brush and dries well without residual stickiness.

[Jac@stafford.net]

The product is Plasti Dip. I get it from my local Ace Hardware store. Also available online.

It does work by just painting it over the pinhole, on the inside of the bellows. Use an opaque color. Lay it on thin. Let dry. Test, repeat if necessary.
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[Tin Can]

I majored in Plastic Dip usage in 1986. 20 gallons, $100 and then had fun.

Scroll to the bottom under, "The History of Dragons 1986-' to see what it can do, I still have 3 Babies right here.

http://www.bloomingdaleart.com/info/artists/not-art/

[Erik Larsen]

Another thought if you can only find cans is to spray into a Dixie cup or similar and then use a brush and dip it in the cup?

[NedL]

John, good idea! You won't have to wear gloves anymore for developing
I've only tried the liquid electrical tape and brushed it on. ( great for small pinholes, by the way, and stays flexible after it dries... but let it dry somewhere you don't need to breath! )

[Tin Can]

I see this stuff on late night TV all the time. The guy coats a window screen boat.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/As-Seen-on...-Seal/20850472

Home site. http://flexsealproducts.com/shop/?gc...yAsxoCu4Pw_wcB

[jamaeolus]

Anybody fixed corner cracking in a leather bellows with this stuff?

[jnantz]

thanks for your help and suggestions -
huh i didn't know to paint the INSIDE, i thought i was just suppsoed to paint the OUTside -

thanks again !
john