Cleaning White tape

Dave1441
Dave1441 Posts: 96
edited January 2012 in Road beginners
Hi I cashed into a thobish today after it had rained on the road. I cut my hands and now my bar tape Is muddy and bloody. Does anyone know the most sufficient way to clean White
Handle bar tape.
Thanks

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  • Dave1441
    Dave1441 Posts: 96
    I mean, I crashed into a thorn bush
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    You could try any of the following:

    Cif
    Shaving foam (not gel)
    Window cleaner spray
    Vanish spray
    Any multi surface cleaner

    Or do what I eventually did...change to black bar tape.
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  • Dave1441
    Dave1441 Posts: 96
    Do you think it would work if I used washing up liquid?
  • onlyonearrow
    onlyonearrow Posts: 157
    I've found that one of the orange-based multi-surface cleaning sprays worked well on my white bar tape. This type of product:

    http://shop.astonishcleaners.com/product/multi-surface-cleaner-750ml/456/
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,169
    i've got white tape (fizik microtex) and hoods

    dilute washing up liquid is the best thing i've found, really does a good job
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 206
    Baby wipes are brilliant for cleaning bar tape...and the bike...
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    JohnBoyUK wrote:
    Baby wipes are brilliant for cleaning bar tape...and the bike...
    +1. I now buy more baby wipes than the wife does!
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  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    Another vote for baby wipes.
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  • TrickyGB
    TrickyGB Posts: 81
    Strange one but I read somewhere a bit of GT85 on plain kitchen roll does the trick, only tried it once but worked for me
  • blade8
    blade8 Posts: 43
    ive found industrial wipes do a good job
  • pedrojake
    pedrojake Posts: 229
    White spirits on a clean cloth, nothing else comes close
  • fludey
    fludey Posts: 384
    Had to clean mine of sooty road deposits after being on roof bars along m-way, found damp hand squib of fairy liquid and a good scrub with hands, then dry off with clean towel worked perfect on mine :wink:
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    JohnBoyUK wrote:
    Baby wipes are brilliant for cleaning bar tape...and the bike...
    +1. I now buy more baby wipes than the wife does!
    thats +2 then... i have heard Rapha are to bring out 'bike wipes' - just the same but £12 a pack and in a nicer bag!
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  • b16 b3n
    b16 b3n Posts: 301
    get rid, white tape is a bugger to keep clean unless it is not cork. :D
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