[RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
Yes On Jun 20, 12:34 pm, Jack Warman jack.war...@gmail.com wrote: If I put on some cork grips and shellac them Thursday night, will they be dry enough to ride early Saturday morning? How about if the shellac'ing were Wednesday night? Pimping my Xootr, Jack -- Jack Warman Durham, NC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
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 skvi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM, LF fie...@gmail.com 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
On Jun 21, 10:38 pm, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: 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 8:15 in the morning, humidity here is 94%. (Southwestern Virginia / Upper East Tennessee)... I understand the humidity factor! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
Make sure you use fresh shellac. A can over two years old may not cure well and the coating may remain sticky. I buy the flakes and mix my own for best results. If you buy a can, buy the smallest you can find. Steve On Jun 21, 9:14 pm, LF fie...@gmail.com 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. Best, Larry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
Thanks for the advice everyone. This will be an inside job to aid curing so I can ride this weekend. The Permatex gasket sealant was acquired today, the grips arrive tomorrow (along with my manpurse... errr... Grab Bag). I'm all in. Jack -- Jack Warman Durham, NC On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM, LF fie...@gmail.com 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
Speaking of cork and shellac.. I just put some shellack on black cork tape from Rivendell with the idea of matching my black Brooks saddle. However, I used Amber shellac and well it turned out not to match the Brooks saddle, but a beautiful deep chocolate brown. Although it is not a match the result was quite nice.It would be great with an antique brown saddle.I plan to restore an old bike, may be this will give me the excuse to switch out the saddle.It is an impressive result. Cheers, D On Jun 20, 2:49 pm, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Jack Warman jack.war...@gmail.com wrote: If I put on some cork grips and shellac them Thursday night, will they be dry enough to ride early Saturday morning? How about if the shellac'ing were Wednesday night? Inside or outside? Since i know where you live Jack, you need to take relative humidity into account if you're doing it outside. During the summer here you might want to think about bringing them indoors, shellacking them on some newspapers and letting them dry inside. It'll happen A LOT faster. :) Inside with a RH around 45-50% it shouldn't take any time at all to dry nicely. - maybe a day at most. Outside it will be.. longer. -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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Brooklyn david.paul.crock...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of cork and shellac.. I just put some shellack on black cork tape from Rivendell with the idea of matching my black Brooks saddle. However, I used Amber shellac and well it turned out not to match the Brooks saddle, but a beautiful deep chocolate brown. Although it is not a match the result was quite nice. It would be great with an antique brown saddle. I plan to restore an old bike, may be this will give me the excuse to switch out the saddle. It is an impressive result. I just did amber zinser shellac over the bright green newbaum's tape and it came up pretty close to the brooks antique brown. I'll take a few pictures and you can judge. -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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
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. Best, Larry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/kt5nFkmROM4J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: On cork and shellac...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM, LF fie...@gmail.com 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
