Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
It occurred to me that casting tape comes in a lot of colors, but it looks like it also already occurred to some of the students in the video
https://youtu.be/ikyxKgu8WPo?t=1m12s
The bikes shown at the show were all painted with epoxy or something, protecting both the bamboo and the wrap. No problemo.
A thinned epoxy coat on the base and then a top coat of polyurethane.