That ought to turn out beautifully. Enjoy!
Mat
Driftless Wisconsin
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Hi Mat,
Funny, I didn't notice you had expressed the cut in a ratio, I just
read your meaning and knew what you were talking about. Thanks for sharing
your experience with layering Newbaum's and shellac penetration, that's a
big help. I'll stick with a 1 lb to 1.5 lb cut for the first few
Right, the cut is in pounds, not ratios, my bad.. Anyway, I had two layers
of Newbaum's (outer layer shellaced a few times over a year or two) that I
unwrapped this summer and I found out that the shellac did not saturate
through to the bottom layer. I rode in the rain frequently and it was
Thanks, for the advice, all very helpful.
After reading all the information on the shellac.net website, I decided
to go with an amber orange button lac for its durability and resistance to
water. I'll be double wrapping my Newbaum's, so I'll be trying a 1 lb cut
of the shellac to saturate
I chose super-blonde dewaxed flakes for some grey handlebar tape, but I
cannot recall my reasons for dewaxed... The color did darken a little even
with super-blonde, similar to the tape/twine getting a little wet. I've
also used a mix of amber and garnet flakes on white handlebar tape and it
I use seed lac or button lac, dissolved in denatured alcohol of course, to
soak the jute twine on my bars. Both darken the twine, which is OK with
me. I think it's likely that the blonde lac would not darken the tape as
much, but I am confident it will still darken it some.
Eric "Limper"
