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Help removing remnants of bar tape glue from bars?
Postby janus77 » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:55 pm
I removed the old tape from these bars last night, there's a heap of stick schtuff left on them, tried metho and kero.. anyone got any tried and true methods for removing the glue?


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Postby familyguy » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:24 pm
Depends what you're doing...you're not retaping them?
Orange oil, steel wool and a little AutoSol to shine them up if you're doing the dog-c*ck partial tape job for a single speed or something.
Otherwise just scrape it back and tape over it.
Jim
Orange oil, steel wool and a little AutoSol to shine them up if you're doing the dog-c*ck partial tape job for a single speed or something.
Otherwise just scrape it back and tape over it.
Jim
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Postby nzdans » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:46 pm
OK, been doing this one way too many times; Nulon Brake Cleaner from Super Cheap + a decent sized rag-guaranteed. The can of brake cleaner will set you back about $10 (don't bother with the cheaper stuff, it is rubbish), you will use at most 1/4 of a can to do the bars and will find it a great resource to have in the garage for other jobs. Beware it will give some plastics a hard time if rubbed in.
Edit:I should mention, any other quality brake cleaner will also work great. Unless you plan on using the bars sans tape you could always cover the sticky stuff with...
handlebar tape!!?
Edit:I should mention, any other quality brake cleaner will also work great. Unless you plan on using the bars sans tape you could always cover the sticky stuff with...
handlebar tape!!?
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Postby 531db » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:17 pm
lisanne wrote:challs wrote:Eucalyptus oil and a green kitchen scourer - shouldn't be so hard as to scratch the finish of the bars.
+1 for eucalyptus oil it's great at getting left over sticky stuff like that off
plus 2, I use Bosisto's Eucalyptus Spray and Home Brand 'green' scourers.
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