[RBW] Re: Cambium bartape.

2015-07-07 Thread Philip Kim
Also found, that brown newbaums cotton tape with amber shellac matches the rust cambium saddles. not sure about the others. -- 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,

[RBW] Re: Cambium bartape.

2015-07-07 Thread Philip Kim
No shellac really required, but took a bit to get it on right as the tape is pretty stiff. Tape is also pretty thin so I would tape a layer of cotton taper before wrapping the cambium tape. On Monday, July 6, 2015 at 6:50:42 PM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: Anyone have it? Shellaced it? How is it?

[RBW] Re: Cambium bartape.

2015-07-07 Thread Arthur Mayfield
According to Brooks, it's been given the same water resistant treatment as the saddles, so shouldn't need shellac. I tried it early on, in the natural color. I found it to be exceedingly stiff and hard to wrap. It has no stretch at all, so edges tend to stand proud of the layer underneath. It's