Shellac on leather?

I'm gonna put shellac on my cork grips today and I was wondering if I could do the same to my leather mudguards? I'm guessing it would be ok. The color on the flaps is slightly lighter than my Brooks Honey B17 so I'm hoping a single coat or two will do the job.

Any advice on how long I should wait in between coats and how thick or thin I should apply the layers?

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 7, 2011 at 5:38pm

Brooks tend to need to be nose high -especially the wider saddles with springs on more upright bikes.

Form follows function -not the other way around.

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Permalink Reply by Bernard Joseph Hannigan on May 8, 2011 at 2:38am

Yup, my Brooks (B-67) looks point up after 5,000 miles, it started level. It does have the hammock deal working perfectly. Best saddle I ever had, don't even know it's there! BTW I have the Brooks pattern outline for mudflaps if anyone needs it. I could post it as a jpeg.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 8, 2011 at 6:50am

I would appreciate the pattern for the mud flap. I attempted to make one myself the other day by "eyeball" but it doesn't look quite right. Having the outline trace would be nice. I picked up a bunch of leather at American Science Surplus up on Milwaukee last Thursday for $8 or so. There was enough leather in there to make about a dozen mud flaps plus another couple dozen hub-wipers to boot with the smaller scraps.