Re: Bellows Patch

[John Roseborough]

Frank,

I have used the stuff sold by Bostick & Sullivan as bellows patch.  It is a
rubberized roofing patching compound. The stuff takes 4-5 days to completely
dry. It remained flexible, light tight and doesn't add thickness like tape.
I put it on the bellows of my Seneca 11x14 about 4 years ago and the bellows
are still light tight. My bellows are black so the goop doesn't show.

John Roseborough
Platinum Printer

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> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:56:33 -0700
> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@...>
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Fixing a bellows.... ( yet again....)
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> The 11x14 B+J I am working on has holes in the red  bellows corners.
> Otherwise it is in pretty good shape.
>
> Since more or less all the corners need repair, and the bellows is around
> 30+ inches long, and the bellows has 4 corners, there is a
> LOT of bellows to fix, especially if I try one corner at a time.
>
> I remember using a type of tape to run along the bellows corners and fix
> the bellows pretty efficiently.  It added to the bulk of
> the bellow corners ( will not fold as well ) but I do not care.  I need to
> get these fixed cheap.
>
> ( If I stick with the format, I can always get  a new set from England...
> so in the long run, I have a good fix.)
>
> Does anyone remember trying this solution?  Comments on materials that
> worked?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@...

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[Steve Nicholls]

John Roseborough wrote:

> Frank,
>
> I have used the stuff sold by Bostick & Sullivan as bellows patch.  It
> is a rubberized roofing patching compound. The stuff takes 4-5 days to
> completely dry. It remained flexible, light tight and doesn't add
> thickness like tape. I put it on the bellows of my Seneca 11x14 about
> 4 years ago and the bellows are still light tight. My bellows are
> black so the goop doesn't show.
>
> John Roseborough
> Platinum Printer
>
>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:56:33 -0700
>> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@...>
>> Subject: [LargeFormat] Fixing a bellows.... ( yet again....)
>> To: "'f32 Large Format Photography Mail List'" <largeformat@...>
>> Message-ID: <00fc01c6aabd$6aa30fd0$6401a8c0@FrankDell2>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>> The 11x14 B+J I am working on has holes in the red  bellows corners.
>> Otherwise it is in pretty good shape.
>>
>> Since more or less all the corners need repair, and the bellows is
>> around 30+ inches long, and the bellows has 4 corners, there is a
>> LOT of bellows to fix, especially if I try one corner at a time.
>>
>> I remember using a type of tape to run along the bellows corners and
>> fix the bellows pretty efficiently.  It added to the bulk of
>> the bellow corners ( will not fold as well ) but I do not care.  I
>> need to get these fixed cheap.
>>
>> ( If I stick with the format, I can always get  a new set from
>> England... so in the long run, I have a good fix.)
>>
>> Does anyone remember trying this solution?  Comments on materials
>> that worked?
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@...
>

Now I don't know this from personal experience but a "friend" told me
that black liquid latex from an -- Adult Emporium -- works very well and
dries overnight. He fixed his Doff in that way. It can be ordered over
the net -- so I believe :)
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[Frank Filippone]

That stuff is about a dollar an inch... I got 120-150 or more to cover.....I would get a new bellows first!  It would be cheaper!

I read in several previous discussions that Gaffers tape was used in the past... I have that in quantity....Anyone use it lately?

Frank Filippone
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