I say shellac. It will help keep the cloth bar tape clean in this Seattle environment. It WILL darken it. Even the clear shellac will. I started with VERY light bar tape on my last bar job and added about 4 coats of shellac until I felt it matched the bike. Here's a picture showing the bars and some of the tape without shellac - http://www.flickr.com/photos/neutralbuoyancy/8435063536/in/photostream/
- Brian P. On Monday, January 28, 2013 12:13:15 AM UTC-8, Rob wrote: > > That was awesome Brian! Thanks so much! I could not have done that without > your and Bruce's help. At least, not in one afternoon. ;) Mine came out a > bit wonky, but not bad at all for the first time. The hands-on workshop > idea worked out fabulously. I suspect there will be more. It's a great way > to learn stuff and fun to hang with other Rivendellians. > > Lots happening on my bike this weekend--going back to Gran Bois Rando bar > and ErgoPower brifters from 46cm Noodle and Silver downtube shifters--I > tried!, and trying out a new old SunTour front derailleur I got from Rob > M., to see if it'll shift the TA Pro Vis triple better than the DA 7800 > series that came with the bike. > > Now the question is, to shellac or not to shellac? Amber shellac muddied > things up considerably, in my off-bike test. > > Thanks again Brian! > > Rob H. in Seattle > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
