Originally Posted By: Recoil Rob
I was told by a stock maker that also did pads that he was only able to use about 50% of a pigskin for pads if he was lucky, the rest was too thick.



That's pretty much true about the yield on pig skin.

BTW, for what it's worth the new Barge cement in the blue & white tubes is not nearly as good as the original red & yellow from my experience. I buy the stuff by the quart in the yellow & red cans from Tandy. A quart lasts a LONG time.

Last edited by Doug Mann; 03/22/10 12:29 AM.
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