On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 07:49 -0700, Jan Heine wrote: > At 9:25 AM +0000 10/17/09, rbw-owners-bunch group wrote: > > I've applied a few coats of Bullseye amber shellac over yellow > > Tressostar cloth tape but the look is considerably darker than my > > almost brand new honey Brooks b17. In fact, the bars more closely > > resemble the Brooks antique brown color. Will the shellacked bars > > fade? Will the seat darken? > > Matching handlebar tape and saddle on a bike that gets ridden is a > futile undertaking. The shellac on the bar tape will not change > color, but the saddle will. All my (Brooks) saddles eventually turn a > very dark brown, almost black, no matter whether they started out > black or honey. >
Yes, but the "honey" Fujitoshi leather bar tape changes color, darkening where you handle it, exactly the same way a honey Brooks saddle does. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
