Cheap Flexament, Make Your Own

[skiptomylu]

For cheap Fleximent...
Flexament is diluted Goop or Shoe Goo. The thinner or solvent is Toluene (Toluol). You can have a lifetime (almost) supply of flexament for about $10. Ace Hdwr. sells Toluene in a quart can for $5-something. A tube of goop is about $4. Squirt some goop in a glass container, then pour in some toluene, and mix it up, let it sit, and mix again until it's dissolved, and you have flexament.

[ejones1961]

What do you use that for?

[skiptomylu]

Originally Posted by ejones1961

What do you use that for?

You can use it in place of head cement for the drop you put on the finish or on the thread of a thread neck jig. You can thin it or leave it kind of thick, but it will give you a glue that if flexible and not get brittle. It's used a lot in fly tying, but it also is good on jigs for some things.

[hogpaw]

Thanks for the info.

[hogpaw]

Skip,

Do you coat the thread or just put a drop on the tie off point?

[skiptomylu]

Originally Posted by hogpaw

Skip,

Do you coat the thread or just put a drop on the tie off point?

With head cement I just do the drop when I use it. However with the Flexament I coat the thread all around.

On chenille jigs one one drop of thinned head cement is all I do. I make my own head cement too though. Gloss Lacquer and MEK for my thinner.

Skip

[hogpaw]

Thanks again for the help.

[skiptomylu]

Your Welcome!

[shooter]

thanks skip,i'l have to try it.

[shipahoy41]

Another great tip Skip. Thanks from all of us. There are several threads on this forum involving types of head cement. In the search box just type in head cement. I believe many of those posts are also by Skip.