Originally Posted by
WizardOfBoz
I was thinking about my more limited experiences in grip application (lots of experience 40 years ago and more recently I put Ergons on my wife's bike, but they don't come off). I would say that sometimes you get plastics with a lot of plasticizer leaking out. So, while I would wash the grips with very strong detergent, and rinse really well, Joe TBM's more considerable experience supports the use of hairspray. Do that.
Joe, do you have a favorite brand that's optimally sticky?
Not really, I use a generic beauty shop supply brand in "Firm Hold"
We go through a lot of grips because we take in so many used bikes, that is why we like the large 11 OZ cans, Your local drug store or Walmart will have a smaller travel size that will fit into anyone's tool box.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/John-Frie...-2-oz/10422877
We have one large HD tote when we set up our portable shop that just holds, oils, cleaners, grease, Blue shop towels, etc., the hairspray is kept in there.