Originally Posted by
arex
If you do two or more layers, don't waste the Newbaum's on the first layers. Get some hockey tape if you want to build up the thickness, and then do the Newbaum's as the last layer.
I do bottom-to-top, but good arguments can be made for either.
If you do bottom-to-top and need to finish off the wrap with electrical tape, go to the hardware store and get the best 3M tape they have. The cheap stuff has crappy adhesive that doesn't hold, and also melts and oozes out, making a mess. The good 3M tape comes in five or six different colors, too.
Cut a bit of innertube and slide that on right up to the stem before wrapping bottom-to-top; wrap TIGHT; tape the end of the cloth at the top to the bar so it'll stay tight, and slide/roll the inner-tube bit over the end to make it tidy:
