I think you should be fine, even if you waited and shellaced them Friday. I've ridden only a couple hours after applying shellac- I haven't had any problems with it not being fully cured, but I only apply about 2 coats total, which mostly seems to be absorbed by the cloth.
-Matt On Jun 21, 10:38 pm, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM, LF <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, June 20, 2011 1:34:54 PM UTC-4, Jack wrote: > > >> If I put on some cork grips and shellac them Thursday night, will they be > >> dry enough to ride early Saturday morning? > > > YES. > > Shellac dries quickly to the touch, but takes longer to fully cure. I like > > several coats. You can apply two coats Thurs night if you go by the accepted > > rules, many more if you take my casual approach. It probably takes a week > > for shellac to completely cure, but I've ridden the next day (in the New > > England summer) with no problem. > > I use a hot glue gun to attach cork grips to handlebars. I heat the > > handlebars with a heat gun (hair dryer will do), squirt hot glue into a > > grip, and slide it on. DO NOT TWIST the cork grip, it will reduce the bond. > > Then do the other grip. Let it cool. I figure I can remove the grips intact > > with a heat gun if I ever want to. > > Just wanted to explain a bit why I told him it may take a bit more time. > > I live in NC. Right now it is 10:30 at night and the relative humidity is 60%. > > it was ..... higher earlier :) > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
