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On Saturday, May 4, 2013 7:45:24 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > No idea. But I'm soon gonna soon find out what bright orange French cloth > tape with amber shellac looks like on my orange trimmed Hunqapillar. Yes, I > finally figured out the best place for my hands/brakes/thumb shifters to > all live in harmony on the Albatross bars. Three delicious hand positions, > two of which have brake use. Oh, and I will be adding wool felt on top of > the bars before the wrap, a-la Grant's BOM. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Friday, May 3, 2013 6:48:04 PM UTC-6, James Warren wrote: >> >> >> Not sure, but just try it. The beauty of cloth tape and clear shellac is >> that the parts are not super expensive and the shellacking takes the >> pressure off of the need to get the cloth tape perfect. So just do it, >> because what's the worst that could happen? You won't like it and have to >> do it again to learn another color combo. Not such a bad thing. >> >> I like the feel of cork better and for certain colors, the look as well. >> But I feel more pressure when I do cork tape. I feel I have to set each >> wrap just right for the job to look good at the end. With cotton tape >> (knowing I'm gonna shellac it) I just go for it angst-free. Wow, it's been >> like 8 years since I've done a cloth-taped bar. All cork since then, >> usually dark blue. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: NWAJack <[email protected]> >> >Sent: May 3, 2013 4:44 PM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: [RBW] anybody do yellow tape on a ahh? >> > >> >I need to change my stem from a 100mm to a 80mm so i'm thinking of >> yellow cloth tape with clear shellac. Anyone have this combo? Curios how >> yellow it would stay....and how it looks with the hilsen blue. >> > >> >-- >> >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 [email protected]. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
