I think shellack adds a whole lot to the durability of cloth tape. I
shellacked cloth tape two years and 6,000 miles ago and it still looks
good. I used to have dark blue tape, unshellacked, back in the 80's
and it faded to light gray-blue, became threadbare, tore, and
unraveled in a year's time while riding in the same conditions.
I used several thin coats, using alcohol as the thinner. When using
amber shellack on light gray tape the depth of the coating has a big
affect on appearance and some parts of the tape may take more
shellack. It dries quickly so you can still do it in one day with an
hour between applications. I would give it a day to dry afterwards
before using. I didn't take mine all the way to a full gloss finish.
I stopped when it had a little lusture but still lots of cloth
texture. That was enough to make it durable.
The outside curves of the handlebars still get scuffs from various
encounters with hard things and they are easily touched up with
shellack.
Michael Kahrl
Columbus, Ohio
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