Cleaning cloth tape

[titch__16]

I'm getting ready to fit some cloth tape in yellow but whenever I've used it before it seems to have a habit of getting very mucky. Basically I want to know if/how I can clean it or even better, stop it getting dirty.

 

[Midlife]

We usually swapped our bar tape several times a year when it got too mucky to bear...... Cleaning usually meant sponging with soapy water but being careful to use the sponge down the tape and not rolling the edges.

Stringy backed mitts helped with keeping it clean but usually a losing battle. There's always the option of covering it with cling-film but it then gets a bit slippery.

Or wrap in dark brown / black

Shaun

 

[daugs]

+1 black, always done, usually goes grey with washing but better than "dirty"

 

[Midlife]

Quick check on the old kit I have left. You could re-tape the bars for 78pence using Advance Herringbone or a bit more if you wanted Tressostar.........

Shaun

 

[Some Guy]

You could use shellac, or a synthetic equivalent? It does darken/change the colour a bit though.

 

[47p2]

You could re-tape the bars for 78pence

Surely you meant to say 15/7d

 

[titch__16]

78p may be cheap but it's an awful lot of hassle to redo it every other month

I was thinking of using some sort of industrial selotape but shellac sounds interesting. Any more info? Tried google but only seem to find nail polish.

 

[Midlife]

..........shellac is made from the wing cases of beetles

Shaun

 

[Old Ned]

Knotting solution for sealing knots in wood is shellac.

Or it used to be.

 

[Some Guy]

http://lovelybike.blogspot.co.uk/2010/0 ... w.html?m=1

Shellac is traditionally a natural product (bits of beetles), but I'm sure you can get synthetic equivalents these days.