Cotton bartape over gel pads doable?
10-15-13, 04:08 PM
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Cotton bartape over gel pads doable?
Was wondering if the cotton works over gel pads on drops, or does it tend to not stay in place well.
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the stuff has adhesive on the back .. I used it in the mid 80's to cover my Grab-On padded bar sleeves ..
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A nice and well wrapped cotton tape job is dependent on the tension and ability to work the tape wrap by wrap. The directional nature of a woven ribbon makes stretching it is more then one axis a challenge. So when wrapping cotton tape over a dimensionally unstable layer, the gel pad, will be hard to do without bunching or slop.
I have done somewhat the same with a foam underlayer and found that a second wrap of cotton tape helps make the user surface nicer. Also applying rubber cement (or sew up glue) to the first wrap on the tight curved portions helps keep layer #2 in place over the miles. Andy.
I have done somewhat the same with a foam underlayer and found that a second wrap of cotton tape helps make the user surface nicer. Also applying rubber cement (or sew up glue) to the first wrap on the tight curved portions helps keep layer #2 in place over the miles. Andy.
