My roll lives in the garage. My wife and kids would kick me out of the house if I tried to bring that hemp twine indoors. I call it hemp twine. They all call it "Stinky String". My roll lives in the garage.
On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 1:52:02 PM UTC-8, Surlyprof wrote: > > I followed the Riv video for trimming with twine and it worked > beautifully. The way they make the end disappear is slick. I bought two > rolls of it and barely put a dent in one roll. We now keep one roll in the > kitchen and one in the garage. It's great for other things like tying back > the legs on a Thanksgiving turkey! > > John > > On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 9:53:33 AM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: > >> I would like to get some cloth tape to use with some albatross-like >> bars (Soma Oxford) that have Miesha's corkgrips on them, to achieve >> this sort of look as seen on Rivendell's site: >> >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/m4.htm >> >> Note that, I'm not planning to shellac the grips themselves because of >> some feedback I got from Miesha herself on the phone the other day. >> She didn't like the shellac on the grips. >> >> Anyway, what color tape should I start with before the shellac? >> White, beige, or something else? >> >> Also, since I'm on the subject of the build on my wifey's new to her >> frame, >> >> What adhesive did you use for the cork grips? Rivendell mentions >> Gorilla Grip and some sort of Permatex automotive RTV "Form a Gasket >> 1A" sealant as seen in the video: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VaUlzsDDvk&x-yt-ts=1422411861&x-yt-cl=84924572 >> >> I would probably make my decision based on just what was most cost >> effective. Seems like if that form of Permatex worked, that any kind >> of Permatex RTV might work. (I used to have lots of RTV around back >> in the day when I had a Honda that required valve adjustment every >> 15K, the gasket would leak on reinstallation unless you put a drop of >> RTV in the corners. But I think that stuff is long since dried up). >> What about painters' caulk? I have like 8 tubes of that sitting >> around. Bought too much when I painted the outside of my house. >> >> Where's the best place to buy the twine as depicted in Riv's videos? >> I didn't see it on their site. >> >> Any metal fender installation tips? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
