Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
Cloth tape with shellac should peel right off and leave nothing behind. I stripped some bars last night. I didn't cut the tape, I unwound it. It may have taken all of three minutes. Stop overthinking and just do it.
I tried the usual razor blade method, unravelling with needle nose plyers etc. This is bar tape from the Fuji factory from 1981. It is incredibly stuck on. Serious attic baked-on mummification. The brake hoods were completely melted, like dripping/gooey.
You practically have to stand on the bars to get the tape off, and then it tears off in 1 CM bits and pieces, enough to make you insane. This could be a time consumer. I may just freak out and whittle it off with a hunting knife, but I don't enjoy making accidental cuts in aluminum bars.