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]

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]

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.