Head Cement

[BlackLabel]

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[Gregorygob]

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[Rainbow]

No way! Hoboken is great, skank central!

;D

[Brookie]

if your head cement is starting to gel up, but not to the point where it is too far gone, try using lacquer thinner. You can find it in any hardware store. I would shy away from acetone (which basically is nail polish remover). It would work temporarily, but it evaporates very quickly and you'd be back to square one within weeks.

Brookie

[Troutastic]

Wow, who would have thought that women's beauty products served a purpose in fly-tying... I guess I'll have to pick some up as well.

[alanb_ct]

Troutastic: while you're at it, take a look at the tweezers in the cosmetic area. You can buy the finest pair of fly-fishing tweezers there for about $2. The super glue that is used to affix fake fingernails is also a high-quality product.

[nutman]

two things that i use loon head cement for my trout flies ,and zap a gap for my steelhead flies someimes I paint some of the heads with nailpolish . never had a problem with the loon heade cement and it doesnt get you wacked out of your skull .one time I forgot to close a bottle and was basicly huffing the stuff ,and kept saying to myself man that stuff stinks all the while getting stoned off my gord . After that I said no more had a headache that lasted a whole day and night .
walshmiko you get one negative karma for stealing from a drunk chick .

[Walshmiko]

Loon Plus Paper Bag Equals Fun!

[FK]

Thinner for head cement all depends upon the chemisty of the head cement.

The old time standard is Dave's Flexament, and does that harden up quickly. The thinner is in very short supply currently due to manuf. change in packaging and evaporation. I have used and like this product,,, it can be fairly hard and thick,,, add thinner and some stirring with a small spatula or large bodkin needle will restore it easily.

Here is a list of head cements and thinners, not my list however, these are well documented over the years on fly tying bulletin boards.

• Weldwood Contact Cement and Pliobond – toluene or acetone (a mixture of the two works well).
• Vinyl cement – methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
• Flexament – xylene, toluene, or lacquer thinner
• Goop – xylene, toluene, or lacquer thinner (= Flexament)
• Head cement – acetone, MEK, or lacquer thinner
• Two-part epoxies – any alcohol such as denatured or rubbing

Some of this stuff is nasty to breath, use in well ventilated areas, like a fan extracting the fumes out a window.

Regards,
FK

[FK]

One additional comment on head cements.

I had purchased some Loom Hard Head cement to try about 2 years ago. When I checked out the new in package (blister pack) last week, all three bottles were hardened up and solid. The label stated to use isopropyl alcohol for a thinner. It did thin the cement out a little however, it still had chunks in the mix.

I sent off an e-mail to Loon Products requesting their recommendations for thinning,,,,, and the company offered to replace the head cement. The new package arrived today. Now this was new unopened product, not from the tying bench and partially used. Great customer service.

Regards,
FK