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Hi Everyone! I’m excited to have Bish's Original Tear Mender featured as today’s Grommet. Tear Mender is a natural, non-toxic, fabric adhesive that has been giving customers permanent, washproof, flexible bonds for over 77 years. Developed by ...
My car seat ('leather') seam, vertical, is splitting. Would Tear Mender work? I won't be able to put a patch underneath, so am looking for something to put on the split to stop it.
Thanks!...
@Malia: It should help reinforce the weak area where your seam is splitting. ...
I have a seam rip in the upper back section of a leather jacket,along a vertical back seam. I do not have access to the rip from behind because of the lining. Can I use this product, with a piece of material under the rip to fix it?...
@Robbie Cornelius: This might work, but in this case your best solution would be to cut through some of the stitching in the lining so that you can access that rip and stitch it up. Then stitch the lining back up....
Quick Fix for Rips
One bright side of the lousy economy is that we’re all a little less wasteful and more apt to fix, rather than replace, damaged goods.
During the 1930s, Val “the Bish” Cismoski came up with a way to quickly repair canvas belts on steam-powered machinery, so farmers wouldn’t have to lose precious harvesting time to replace a torn belt. Fast-forward 75 years, and we’re putting the same formula to use mending ripped clothes, torn seat cushions and frayed shoelaces.
So if you’ve got a dropped hem, a broken belt loop, or a run in the carpet, give Tear Mender a try. It also works great on tears in the seat of your car, damaged sports gear, or rips in a tent (it’s waterproof and UV-resistant). Why throw out something that you can easily repair with Tear Mender?
— Ann