Personally I think shellac is definitely the way to go with Newbaums. I prefer the feel of more rather than less when it comes to coats.
The other advantage is that it definitely keeps the tape looking cleaner for longer, a lot longer with touchups. As I like brighter colors I find it doesn't take me long to make tape look awful if I haven't used shellac. I've tried soaking my removed tape in alcohol to clean out the old shellac and, like Aaron, have used bits and pieces for a variety of things, but not retaping my bars. Lately both my Rivs have moved on to Albas and cork grips on which I also prefer a nice shellac coating. Go figure. :-) Basically I just like shellac. Bob On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you do a single coat it is crusty and flakes > If you do multiple coats (3+) it is hard and smooth but cushy. You'd have > to do some odd things to make it flake off then. > > You can remove it like any other tape - but you can't really reuse it > (like most tape, shellaced or not) > > -sv > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am getting a new Sam with Newbaums and was thinking of shellacing the >> Newbaum's some time. >> >> How does shellaced newbaum's feel? Crusty? Sharp? Scratchy? Looks like it >> would encrust the cotton tape in a candy-like coating. >> >> Can the tape be removed and reused, or do you have to cut off like a >> cast, so to speak? >> >> Just wundrin'. >> >> Mike "Leather is bether" Leven >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > 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. > > > -- Robert Harrison Honolulu, HI rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- 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.
