We found this one sort of by accident. One of our employees has a Rabobank edition tcr complete w/ white bar tape. - Mechanics run in fear when they see a white road bike roll in..Cause it's just soo fun to try to clean them, and keep the tape clean.
One day our employee was cruising around the shop looking for the bike cleaner, and found a tub of GOJO wipes. These are shop wipes with a citrus scent, and have a rough texture to them. She gave them a try, and sure enough they work GREAT!
And in fact we have a couple of ladies come in just to have us clean their bar tape.
Oh and to keep clean tape clean, we wrap the bar's in Press and Seal saran wrap. Works like a charm!
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12-04-2009, 09:13 PM #1
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Shop Tip o' the day- Cleaning White Bar Tape
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12-05-2009, 01:10 AM #2
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Doesn't the saran wrap make the bars slippery? Or is it just temporary til the owners pick them up?
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12-05-2009, 03:40 AM #3
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Ahhh, I know the feeling when a bike rolls in with white bar tape
Definitely some good tips on cleaning the tape... have you noticed at all that the tape gets dries out after cleaning it? I realize that they are two different textures, but my hands seem to really dry out after using Gojo.(although it does indeed seem to be the best)
In the shop, we tend tend to use some hand towels and zip tie them on the handlabars. I've also seen shops use aluminum foil with zip ties.
Perhaps for the holidays, you could market the gojo wipes for stocking stuffers?
Have a great holiday season.
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12-05-2009, 07:58 AM #4
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Awesome! My tape was getting all sorts of grubby, I was afraid I'd have to replace it soon! And the Gojo wipes will be very handy for the BF and his car-related activities! Thank you!!!!
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12-05-2009, 06:31 PM #5
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I dont know if I can get Gojo out here but I am trying citrus cleaner.Thanks!! Mines grubby!
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12-06-2009, 02:52 PM #6
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Cool. We used to use Gojo (not the wipes) to clean paintbrushes in my high school art classes (only the stubborn ones with lots of dried-out acrylic paint on them).
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12-06-2009, 06:25 PM #7
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Here's how I cleaned mine last time. Take off white bar tape. Put on black bar tape. Works like a charm.
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