Bar tape and shellac
06-25-10 | 02:23 PM
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All three.
06-25-10 | 02:57 PM
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06-25-10 | 03:09 PM
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06-25-10 | 06:20 PM
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+1. To which I would add (as others have), stays cleaner and if you do need to clean, just wipe with some alcohol, takes off a thin layer.
Makes the bars feel a little grabbier as well. I like about 3 coats, which seals things up nicely but doesn't leave a gloss or get real hard. Then, as you use them, the texture gets a little like worn leather, quite a nice feel IMO.
Makes the bars feel a little grabbier as well. I like about 3 coats, which seals things up nicely but doesn't leave a gloss or get real hard. Then, as you use them, the texture gets a little like worn leather, quite a nice feel IMO.
06-25-10 | 07:11 PM
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06-25-10 | 07:53 PM
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I'll concede that it's less work from that perspective, but it doesn't FEEL much like cloth tape, so I'd want to replace it straight away. (= more work, based on my own sensibilities.)
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06-26-10 | 06:13 AM
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Shellac comes from the Lac bug. I'm not an expert, so don't quote me on it, but I believe it is some kind of waste. I don't know if it is in the feces or some other form of waste. I think that the bugs and waste get heated up, filtered, and processed into shellac. They use it on Skittles and a bunch of other hard shell candies in Europe. There are a few other food products that use it too, but this is getting away from the main topic.
Try an internet search if you want to learn more, but I wouldn't recommend it. Good things may not come.
Try an internet search if you want to learn more, but I wouldn't recommend it. Good things may not come.
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06-26-10 | 06:32 AM
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If you are really interested, Zinsser the company best known for shellac, has a brochure titled "The Story of Shellac".
Paint stores may have it or I'm sure if you wrote Zinsser they would send a copy. Its informative and amusing.
Paint stores may have it or I'm sure if you wrote Zinsser they would send a copy. Its informative and amusing.
06-26-10 | 06:43 AM
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Sometimes I get the heebie-jeebies when I put honey in my breakfast, and remind myself it came from a hive full of bees. Still doesn't change the fact that it's delicious on cottage cheese.
+1 - totally classy and functional. I just shellacked cork grips on my townie - good grip, durable, and it makes cheap-a** cork look like a carved-piece of wood.
Velo-Orange's shellac chips come with a little betcha-didn't-know info. Neat stuff. Mother nature likes bikes!
+1 - totally classy and functional. I just shellacked cork grips on my townie - good grip, durable, and it makes cheap-a** cork look like a carved-piece of wood.
Velo-Orange's shellac chips come with a little betcha-didn't-know info. Neat stuff. Mother nature likes bikes!
06-26-10 | 04:53 PM
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I ended up using Velox rim tape (as I found a big roll of it for about the price of a small roll of Trellostar.) Put a scant three coats of Zinser on it and it's just starting to give me wear patterns. I wasn't sure I would like it, but I actually find I like it better than cork/PU tape.
