What if you put resin on it like what you put on a baseball bat?

Pine tar??

Oh for goodness' sake! Forget the perfect bar wrap. Just put something on your bars (or don't) and ride. How comfortable do you have to be to put in some miles?

Sorry, I'm not as grumpy as I sound. I use cheap handlebar tape, and it's not as good as some other things, but it's good enough!

That would be awfully sticky, and it would get all over your hands / gloves, your brake levers, your shift levers, etc... In other words, not a good idea.

Maybe thats why you're so grumpy?

Back in the 70's we used to just slap on those Grab-On foam grips and be done with it till it falls off our department store bike's bars a couple of years later.......yeah they're ugly and heavy..... BUT DAMITOL, WE LIKED IT THAT WAY!!

Chombi

that's not one of your better ideas.

After awhile the shellac is going to start cracking and flaking off. It works best on a substrate that's not spongy or compressible-- this is why it works so well on cotton. On cork tape, I have had bad luck with cracking, especially where my hands grip the tape. I suspect a similar fate for leather.

I have VO perforated leather tape on one bike. Might have been a little slippery when I first used it but feels fine now and looks even better with use. Shellac actually made cork tape very slippery when I tried that. I know it's also popular on cloth tape but I don't get that either as nothing feels better or grippier to me than double-wrapped cloth.

Which brings us back to the question why the OP is using shellac to supposedly avoid slipperiness and drying out of his leather bar wrap(??)....
Go get honey colored wrap if that's the color you want, but don't ruin a good set of leather wraps by putting shellac on it......Shouldn't that be the better response to his post??
I think sometimes we're just too nice to tell the truth here....

Chombi

You mean the saddle isn't shellaced to match the bars? Lame.

Brooks tape, at least the kind I bought, was neither spongy nor compressible. In fact it was horrible, lol. Rock hard and no give at all.,,,,BD

Maybe you wrapped it too tight. Mine is pretty awesome.

Yes, you're right. At least ....some of us are

Wow, who'd expect these posts. In response:

So why'd you buy leather bar tape? - Never again, but it does look nice right now.

Why not shellac your leather seat? - I don't ride naked, if I did I might try shellac; which would help with stains I'm guessing.

Shellac is slippery yo! - No it's not, yo. It has fine grippy texture, just enough to keep from sliding, so far.

How to apply safely? - It couldn't be easier, I do block tape at the end, mid bar...I like a clean edge. But drips on the bike are rare and will come off with a little rubbing alcohol. Shellacing cloth is harder because it's so thin, it tends to make little drip mounds and other problems as it dries. Leather just soaks it in and goes hard. I did my fixed gear with weaved cloth, it took some 6-7 coats to get right.

Doesn't work on flexible material! - There is nothing soft and flexible about Brooks leather bar tape, not once it sets into position. Rock hard.

So match that saddle! Surprisingly, the color ends up damn close to the saddle. Accidents happen.

This is nothing new! 1000s have done it before, millions maybe. 100s of millions.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...0l75l334l6l6l0

Just how tight did you wrap it? Mine is awesome. You shouldn't be wrapping it as tight as you would cotton tape.


Shellac on leather? No.