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  1. Original post
    Bugbear
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    Recently the (Cinelli cork) handle bar tape on my tandem trike gave up (the cork is comfortable, but
    fragile in the long term)

    Unwinding the tape left a large amount of nasty, sticky gunge. I tried to pick it off, but
    it's - sticky.

    I tried alcohol (metholated spririt). This softened it, and over the course of 15 minutes, I managed
    to semi-clean one side of the bars.

    I asked my local LBS, and they use some kind of "buffer compound", sold for cleaning inner tubes
    prior to applying a patch. Sniffing this suggested something familiar.

    When I got home, I snuck the (superdrug own brand) nail varnish remover (main ingredient acetone,
    which is what I smelt in the LBS) out of the bedroom.

    I wiped a rag wet with acetone over the adhesive; waited 30 seconds and wiped again.

    Almost all the adhesive came off in one wipe. A coupla' minutes later, the entire bars were clean,
    bare, shiny, scratch free metal.

    Summary: nail varnish remover works very well on old Cinelli handlebar tape adhesive.

    BugBeasr

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  2. Just Zis Guy
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    "bugbear" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Summary: nail varnish remover works very well on old Cinelli handlebar tape adhesive.

    I find that lighter fuel also makes a good cleaner for sticky stuff. And I have a pot of stuff
    called "sticky stuff remover" which is the product par excellence :-)

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  3. Pete Biggs
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    WD40 does the job if don't have or want to use anything stronger.

    ~PB

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  4. Bugbear
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    "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    "bugbear" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Summary: nail varnish remover works very well on old Cinelli handlebar tape adhesive.

    I find that lighter fuel also makes a good cleaner for sticky stuff. And I have a pot of stuff
    called "sticky stuff remover" which is the product par excellence :-)

    Well, the reason I posted is that I've always used Meths or isopropyl alcohol (the stuff you use for
    tape heads etc) to get price label residue off. Both work well on label glue.

    Neither worked on the tape residue, to my great frustration.

    BugBear

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  5. Tim Woodall
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    bugbear said:


    Well, the reason I posted is that I've always used Meths or isopropyl alcohol (the stuff you use
    for tape heads etc) to get price label residue off. Both work well on label glue.

    You don't want to be found with isopropyl alcohol in this day and age and certainly don't want to
    try and buy it. After all, the BBC has recently had an article on how nerve agent precursors can be
    bought by mail order using only a credit card. Why on earth would anybody want to buy them?

    They will probably start on choline next. After all it can be used to produce nerve agents far more
    toxic than sarin.

    supplementwatch.comsupplement.asp
    iraqwatch.orgchemical.html

    OK so iraq had it in ton lots while you probably shouldn't take more than about 1 pound per year as
    a supplement.

    Regards,

    Tim.

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    God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light.

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  6. Ian
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    You can buy it at boots over the counter, it is also known as video head cleaning fluid. The best
    stuff I've found for cleaning off adhesives is unleaded petrol.

    Quoted message said:

    From: Tim Woodall <[email hidden]> Organization: TJWSoftware Reply-To:
    [email hidden] Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:56:42 +0000 (UTC)
    Subject: Re: removing old handlebar tape adhesive - tip

    bugbear said:


    Well, the reason I posted is that I've always used Meths or isopropyl alcohol (the stuff you use
    for tape heads etc) to get price label residue off. Both work well on label glue.

    You don't want to be found with isopropyl alcohol in this day and age and certainly don't want to
    try and buy it. After all, the BBC has recently had an article on how nerve agent precursors can
    be bought by mail order using only a credit card. Why on earth would anybody want to buy them?

    They will probably start on choline next. After all it can be used to produce nerve agents far
    more toxic than sarin.

    supplementwatch.comsupplement.asp
    iraqwatch.orgchemical.html

    OK so iraq had it in ton lots while you probably shouldn't take more than about 1 pound per year
    as a supplement.

    Regards,

    Tim.

    --
    God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light.

    tjw.hn.orgtjw.hn.org locofungus.btinternet.co.uklocofungus.btinternet.co.uk

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  7. Bugbear
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    Ian <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    You can buy it at boots over the counter, it is also known as video head cleaning fluid.

    Agreed, although boring, mundane Isopropyl Alcohol becomes much more expensive when packaged and
    branded for this purpose.

    A bit like the tiny little bottles of expensive "cricket bat oil" you can buy in sport shops,
    compared to the nice big, cheap bottles of raw linseed oil you can buy in (proper) hardware stores.

    BugBear

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  8. Ian
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    That's why I suggest the pharmacy counter at Boots, vets buy it to clean their examining tables
    apparantly.

    Ian

    Quoted message said:

    From: [email hidden] (bugbear) Organization: groups.google.comgroups.google.com Newsgroups:
    uk.rec.cycling Date: 16 Jun 2003 02:42:11 -0700 Subject: Re: removing old handlebar tape
    adhesive - tip

    Ian <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    You can buy it at boots over the counter, it is also known as video head cleaning fluid.

    Agreed, although boring, mundane Isopropyl Alcohol becomes much more expensive when packaged and
    branded for this purpose.

    A bit like the tiny little bottles of expensive "cricket bat oil" you can buy in sport
    shops, compared to the nice big, cheap bottles of raw linseed oil you can buy in (proper)
    hardware stores.

    BugBear

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