I’ve heard foam can work, you know the squishy stuff… Any other options? My bellows isn’t padded, and I’m a rather boney person by nature… At the moment I’m just using a folded up sock! Which works, but looks kinda silly!
-Eric
I’ve heard foam can work, you know the squishy stuff… Any other options? My bellows isn’t padded, and I’m a rather boney person by nature… At the moment I’m just using a folded up sock! Which works, but looks kinda silly!
-Eric
I’ve used a dish-washing sponge
. The size is just right for my bellows.
Glue it to a 1/4" piece of wood the same shape and wrap it in leather - I bought an old black leather jacket at a thrift store for $5 and I cut pieces out of it as needed.
Attach the pad to the bellows with velcro, available from any department store.
You could try eatin a few more Big Macs
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But seriously
over here you can get small chammy covered sponges from car accessorie stores ( for use on the inside of your windscreen), they seem to be about the right size about 4 1/2 " x 3" x 1 3/4" ![]()
Or you could contact CJ Dixon who is a member on this forum. He makes bellows pads - which are nicely done, IMO.
They look just the job ![]()
I recently bought a CJ Dixon bellows pad and it is really nice. It was easy to install and is made well and looks great, not to mention that it feels good also. Don.
I had good luck at the auto accessory store, as well. I bought a large chamois mittten used for polishing and waxing, I cut it into two nice pieces and velcroed one to my existing pad. It’s very comfortable. Cheers.
Supersize me! hahaha ![]()
Over here you can buy sponges padded with suede.
Used to wipe car windshields.
I use one and it works great.