head cement or shaan?

[herefishy]

Almost every recipe I see that calls for cementing the head specifies Sally. Is there a reason other than the convenience of the drug store when you can't get to the fly shop for regular head cement?

[ScottP]

Cheap, easy to find (same goes for the thinner), nice handy bottle with brush, does exactly what I want a head cement to do.

Regards,
Scott

[NJTroutbum]

Ditto what Scott said. I'll add dries hard and clear.

Ralph

[HickoryShad]

When I use that stuff, I take the brush out first thing and cut at least half of the bristles off first thing as it makes it easier to manage.

[herefishy]

Guess that answers my question. I've had a bottle sitting on my table for several years, but always wondered if I was just "cheaping out" again.

[Ray Kunz]

This is Mr. Cheap checking in:
Do we all recall that head cement thinners are simply lacquer thinner that costs about $6 a quart in a hardware store?
Also the thinner for rubberlike cements like Softex and Dave's Flexement is plain toluene, also at about $6 or $7 a quart.

[ScottP]

I paid $.99 for a pint bottle of acetone (thinner), which translates into $2.00/quart, and $1.50 for a bottle of SHHAN. The thinner has a squirt top which makes it very easy to add to the Sally (so much fun pouring stuff like naptha/toluene from a can).
BTW, Softex and Flexament are some of the bigger rip-offs in flytying, of which there are many. Buy a small tube of vinyl cement or Goop, put some in a bottle, add an equal part naptha/toluene and you've got the same thing, for a whole lot less (do all of this in a well ventilated area!).

Regards,
Scott

[ducksterman]

If you are going to use Goop...and I do...you might as well use Marine Goop....it may not make any difference but why not?

[NJTroutbum]

I use 2 rotating bottles of SHHAN. The older bottle has the brush in the cap. It is my streamer bottle. My new bottles I remove the brush from the lid and use a bodkin. When it gets too low for reach with my bodkin it is usually beginning to thicken also. So I transfer the remainder into the streamer bottle and replace my general use bottle. The swap takes place about once a year. I've had the streamer bottle and brush for about 6 yrs now.

[ScottP]

If you are going to use Goop...and I do...you might as well use Marine Goop....it may not make any difference but why not?

You would be tying a true Popovic's Semper Fleye with it.

Regards,
Scott