Cleaning Bar Tape

[colinr]

I managed to get some very black grease on my new, very orange, bar tape. Any suggestions on what might get it off, or at least make it a bit better? Are solvents going to wreck the (cork) tape?

 

[johnnyh]

baby wipes!

 

[fossyant]

Damp cloth and washing up liquid

 

[4F]

WD40 on a rag

 

[redddraggon]

Nail brush

 

[colinr]

Thankyou all. I shall try each and every one of these and rate them on a scale of 1 to 10.

 

[MadoneRider1991]

white sprite on a rage

about 8 out of 10!

 

[Headgardener]

Fossy's sugestion would seem to be the best. First wipe with damp cloth then work in small amount of washing up liquid or Swarfega(Fairy best if using washing up liquid). Rinse throughly then park bike in sun to dry.

 

[zacklaws]

After using WD40 to try and clean my bar tape I would be careful with any solvent based product and if used, use it sparingly, WD40 removed the adhesive on my tape allowing it to just turn on the bars, it took about a month before it stuck itself back down again.

In the end I gave up worrying about my white bar tape getting dirty as its unavoidable out on the roads, when you start getting your hands dirty with replacing chains, repairing punctures, food etc

 

[fossyant]

Headgardener - yes Fairy is best, squirt a blob onto the cloth, and scrub away on the bar tape - works a treat on my pale blue Cinelli cork ribbon.

 

[colinr]

I forgot to report back... went with GT85 on a rag followed by a fairy liquid scrubbing. Good as new, rating: 10/10

 

[numbnuts]

get black tape next time