Vise liner adhesive

[Tim Null]

What do you guys use to glue leather to the vise jaws? I got some suede from Benchcrafted and am wondering what is best to glue it to my wooden vise jaws.

Thanks

[Bill Houghton]

I have yet to get around to doing this, but Barge cement is a common product for use with leather. But you could probably use automotive weatherstripping adhesive, rubber cement, "Goop," regular old white glue... Just use something reversible - not, for instance, epoxy, which would be a lot of work to remove later.

[Zach Dillinger]

I always use hide glue, either hot or liquid. It works just fine.

[Bill Haumann]

I just used 3M spray adhesive and it's holding up fine on my leg vise. I used suede from Benchcrafted as well.

[David Weaver]

Liquid hide glue has worked fine for me with leather on wood.

[Zahid Naqvi]

I used the yellow glue, Titebond II, seems to be working fine.

[Gary Benson]

Regular old Elmers white glue here, held for years, so far.

[Paul Saffold]

I've used 3M spray but switched to yellow (PVA) glue 'cause of the stink w/ the spray. Both worked fine.

[Tim Null]

Thanks guys. Those are all options I was considering, just wondered if any were better than others. I appreciate the responses, as always. Hide glue is interesting, could reverse if I need to replace one.

[Marko Milisavljevic]

Newbie question: do you line both faces with suede or just one?

[Paul Saffold]

Both......................................

[Joe Leigh]

Both. And water based contact cement.

[Andrae Covington]

I used rubber cement. At the time I wasn't sure if hide glue or pva glue would work, but now that I know, I would use one of those instead. The smell of rubber cement was repugnant.

I only put leather on the chop of my leg vise, leaving the workbench side as wood. Plenty of holding power in my experience, and a little cushion for nice surfaces. But with a metal vise it probably makes sense to line both.

[Rob Luter]

I used Titebond, but to be honest I didn't have great luck with the leather. The thickness varied a bit across the piece and I didn't get uniform clamping. In the end I peeled it all off and replaced it with adhesive backed cork sheet from the hobby store. It's about 3/32 or so thick and very uniform. The cork surface really grabs the wood. After two years of use it still looks pretty much new.