I think it depends on the age of the select. Those get dark pretty quick. I like clear on cork, but it will be less matchy to a honey colored brooks.
Ray
Vallejo CA
Varnish is better for cork grips - it's flexible and will never exfoliate - 6-7 thin coats
Spar varnish is a wood finishing varnish.
Spar varnish was originally developed for coating the spars of sailing ships. These formed part of the masts and rigging, so suffered a hard life in service. They were flexed by the wind loads they supported, attacked by sea and bad weather, and also suffered from UV degradation from long-term exposure to sunlight.
The most important condition for such varnishes to resist was the mechanical flexing. This required a varnish that was flexible and elastic. Without elasticity, the varnish would soon crack, allowing water to penetrate to the wood beneath. At the time, varnish production was rudimentary and had only simple materials with which to work. It pre-dated the development of modern polymer chemistry. Spar varnish was a 'short oil' varnish, where a small proportion of a finishing oil, universally boiled linseed oil, was added to a majority proportion of varnish (see Danish oil for a 'long oil' finish).[1] This gave flexibility,[2] even though its weather resistance was still poor and relatively frequent re-coating was required.
In modern times, 'spar varnish' has become a genericised term for any outdoor varnish. Owing to modern varnish materials, their weather resistance is likely to be good, but the original requirement for flexibility has largely been forgotten.
They probably function better with no coating since the cork maintains it's nice dry texture.
I'm sure very few, if any, fishermen shellacked the cork handles on their fishing rods.
Ray
Vallejo CA
Ray
For the record my untreated ones are dirty but surprisingly doesn't bug me being so.
On Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 3:41:50 PM UTC-4, Ryan Fleming wrote:
Thanks, gentlemen...probably Ron Mc who's a keen fisherman probably knows about this stuff...
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Clayton Scott
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So did I when I started it! Who knew?
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I have spar varnish (gloss) on my cork grips. One ride I forgot my gloves and thought my hands would be slipping off the grips when my hands started sweating.No so... Gripped like glue.On May 11, 2017 3:55 PM, "René Sterental" <orth...@gmail.com> wrote:
So did I when I started it! Who knew?
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Well I just posted on the other cork thread but it was suddenly deleted, so...I've found the RBW cork grips to be more durable than than they seem without shellac. For the cork-curious the Velo Orange ones are really nice too https://velo-orange.com/collections/grips-wraps . The black ones are quite soft compared to the others natural cork and RBW type.I like to mount them backwards which creates a nice ridge that feels good on the hand. Pic attached.Mike
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