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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
mkeller234
Ok, here are some pictures. I would like to add that I did not just change tape for the heck of it, my other bars had an incident and I had to replace them
. I miss the gray tape, it had really started to grow on me.
4 coats of bullseye pre-mixed clear shellac over white Tressostar tape. The first coat I applied was somewhat heavy with thin coats added about every 2 hours. I used a cheap natural bristle brush, I brushed in the direction of the wrap and tried to work quickly.
I believe I could have had better results getting the clear if I had used a better product, or somehow filtered what I had.
Here it is:
That's not bad at all. I've been wanting to put white cloth tape on my bike but I was afraid the shellac would turn it tan or light brown and unshellaced white tape wouldn't last half way through the first ride. I was wondering too though if there isn't something else that might work on white tape that would be clear. Maybe clear laquer or something like that.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista