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Old 01-10-21 | 10:31 AM
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OP, that looks very good as you have it. Before going to a third coat, I would do three coats on a piece of your scrap to make sure you don't lose too much of the orange. You might retain more of the original tape color if you switch to clear shellac rather than amber.
I have a slight preference for the feel of natural tape, but there is no denying that it lasts much longer with shellac. It also helps to prevent lifting of the tape edges if you tape your bars from the top down.
The trick is to hit the sweet spot of enough coats to do the job, without losing the tape color, and without getting too glossy. IMO anyway; I don't like it when the tape looks like it's been dunked in plastic.
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