Cleaning Lizard Skins bartape?
Moderator: robbosmans
I have installed a set of white Lizardskins bartape on my roadbike, just prior to a training camp on Mallorca just a few weeks ago.
When getting home, it already looked quite dirty, due to dust from the roads. I have tried cleaning it with the danish equivalent to rubbing alcohol: "husholdningssprit" without much luck. It got cleaner, but NO way nearly as clean as I would like.
Then I tried different types of soap, and some other solvents I usually use for cleaning my chain witout much luck. I kind of like the tape, but in my book white bartape HAS to be white: The dirty look is totally NO GO!
Do I have to throw the tape out after only 2 weeks! Or does anyone have advice?
Please do not tell me to use the search funktion: I really haven't found the advice I need here....
When getting home, it already looked quite dirty, due to dust from the roads. I have tried cleaning it with the danish equivalent to rubbing alcohol: "husholdningssprit" without much luck. It got cleaner, but NO way nearly as clean as I would like.
Then I tried different types of soap, and some other solvents I usually use for cleaning my chain witout much luck. I kind of like the tape, but in my book white bartape HAS to be white: The dirty look is totally NO GO!
Do I have to throw the tape out after only 2 weeks! Or does anyone have advice?
Please do not tell me to use the search funktion: I really haven't found the advice I need here....
Last edited by LarsEjaas on Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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The white Lizards are a nightmare to keep clean. When I used white tape I found Fizik the best. The only thing I can think of is take them off and soak them in a water bleach mixture, not to much bleach or it will eat your tape, or you could try one of those washing liquids that clean just whites, but me thinks it's new tape. Lizards are great in black etc but white has always been a no no. If you do find a way to clean them, start a new thread and let us know how you did it . Good Luck
I have a box of wet wipes used for cleaning white bartape, havent tried Lizard skins yet but it works great on other brands. So go through the dieperbag and give it a try. Might work...... Actually wet wipes are fenomenal for full bike "truckerwashes", when on training camps and waterhoses are hard to come by. Even works on chains.
/Henrik
/Henrik
Can this do the trick? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ByTa7yPJc maybe use a degreaser product
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