I guess one should carry one water bottle full of gin, then. Only for tire removal and medicinal purposes of course :-)
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net> wrote: Actually, shellac is very easy to remove, because it will always redissolve in alcohol (methanol, ethanol, or others). It remains completely soluble, unlike almost any other polymer, which, once cured, may be near impossible to redissolve.
Of course, if you don't have any alcohol available, you have a problem, because nothing else works.
Louis Schulman Tampa, Florida
-----Original Message----- From: roberson3084@comcast.net Sent: Jun 28, 2005 2:33 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]re: thread on shellac: anecdote
In the late 70s I went into a small auto parts place and purchased off the shelf a small bottle of "Tite Seal" gasket compound for automotive use. . I got home and was astonished to see on the directions that in addition to auto gasket application there were also directions for cementing bicycle tires. . The product was shellac. . I never used it on road tubulars, , I was concerned about the difficulty in getting the tire off. I was with a guy about that time and waited over thirty minutes for him to remove a flat tubulat that he had used some sort of contact cement on, I think his fingers must have been raw for awhile after that tire change.
regards, , , Tom Roberson, Gainesville, VA