Cleaning white bar tape?

[Xiorell]

Just wondering if it's fighting a loosing battle, or if there's some household product that'll clean up white bar tape without... I dunno, reacting with it somehow how messing it up. Seems like a bit of damp cloth is just going to rub any dirt in to the tape even deeper.

I ware gloves but grubby bits are gonna creep in

 

[The Brewer]

Wish I'd used black tape, but I find baby wipes about the best for a quick clean

 

[Xiorell]

Wish I'd used black tape, but I find baby wipes about the best for a quick clean

Dunno WHY I didn't think of the baby wipes I use them on the frame/forks etc lol

 

[nosherduke996]

Definitely change it to black. Most of the new bike today have white tape , which a waste of time.

 

[Xiorell]

Definitely change it to black. Most of the new bike today have white tape , which a waste of time.

But...but.. it looks so pretty !

 

[woollywheelie]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ByTa7yPJc


Try this...lemon furniture polish....

 

[lulubel]

I always used cream cleaner on mine, which did a decent job (considering the bike used to spend the day in a bus garage with diesel residue, etc, and my hands when I finished work were never particularly clean). When I needed to change the cables, I swapped it for black. Much more practical and it gave me the excuse to buy a new black saddle to match.

 

[Basil.B]

I just use baby wipes. I like the look of white tape with that used look, don't bother me.
Much prefer the look of slightly dirty White tape to Black tape any day!

 

[rockyraccoon]

I use oxy cleaning stuff on my bars and saddle. It does the job pretty well.

 

[diapason]

Try white spirit or a car upholstery cleaner.

 

[gaz]

The best thing to do is to remove the tape, buy a roll of black tape and fit that.

 

[cyberknight]

The best thing to do is to remove the tape, buy a roll of black tape and fit that.

+1

The white on my Boardman looked nice for about 2 weeks , i just retaped it with black , photo in the photo gallery .

 

[derrick]

I like white, just wipe it down after every ride.

 

[Borbus]

Alcohol works quite well. I had two punctures on a ride and got the white tape to be quite black. The alcohol got it back to how it was before. But it's still not as white as it was when I first got it.

 

[cyberknight]

Alcohol works quite well. I had two punctures on a ride and got the white tape to be quite black. The alcohol got it back to how it was before. But it's still not as white as it was when I first got it.

Anything looks good with enough alcohol ..Hic !