Good ways to bond silicone (lovense lush) to leather (saddle)

[mj****]

 

We were gifted from another Fetlifer a leather saddle, and plan on turning it into some sort of fucking machine.
 

See pictures on our profile! 

 

We have a broken lovense lush (wire break in the neck) that I have repaired, but is no longer fully encased in silicone, so is "spare" at the moment.

The plan is to mount the lovense to the saddle, and possibly also put a hole through the saddle for fucking machine to fit through!

 

However I'm at a loss how to secure the lush to the saddle and also keep the exposed parts at least mostly "water proof"

Im thinking of cutting some of the leather away to make a recess for the lush, but want to bond it in place, so any recommendations for glue or similar would be appreciated

[Deleted Member]

For waterproofing a slim mastic bead may work? Might be more of a temporary or stepping stone solution. In fact, a larger bead may reverberate more but I digress.
This will/can act as a bond too but will move around (could be good, could be bad). If you want it to stay relatively static, then a screw and bracket, then sealed with mastic…the saddle internals should be robust enough to handle that.

tbh I’m still stuck on musing the enhanced vibration properties of mastic 🤣

[mj****]

At the moment I've moved towards ideas around creating a pouch for it from leather that will somehow be mounted to the saddle

[Deleted Member]

You can buy tubes of pure silicone from most any hardware store. They’re fairly easy to work with, safe for skin contact, and cheap

[st****]

Id love to know if you found a solution that worked best. I've never found an adhesive that gave good results with silicone. I just try to make some mechanical attachment if the form will allow one.

[Panoptic1]

Prep the saddle by cutting into the surface a suitable shape and depth - not too deep, just enough so that the lush  'sits' in at the correct angle without falling over.

Re-dip the lush entirely or where necessary in new silicone then re-dip again if necessary.Curing time about 24hrs each separate application. There are several online suppliers for various grades of silicone for various applications.

Best to cut the leather to expose a rough texture beneath which is then cleaned using IPA and primed (80% silicone:20% appropriate silicone solvent), and allowed to cure. Then it's a choice of permanence or removal. If the former, it's a simple gluing in process using more full strength silicone, final cure about 4 days. If the latter to allow for cleaning, etc., small Velcro pads, one saddle, one lush, glued with the silicone instead.  

Done right and with the right silicone, both that and the Velcro should be insoluble in IPA, easily available on ebay. The IPA will also sterilize (though also rapidly degrease) the surrounding tanned leather surface as part of the cleaning process so that would need addressing regularly.