Originally Posted by damocles1

So let me get this correct...
Tape is cheap...even good tape like Deda...
Some of you guys would rather put chemicals on your bar tape, which is porous, in an effort to make it white again. These chemicals, which likely soak into the porous tape, dry when the tape dries.
You then ride your bike and sweat on the tape, which makes the chemicals drift back to the surface of the tape and onto your hands and gloves.
Do any of you wipe your faces or noses during a ride? You are probably wiping small amounts of chemicals, that aren't good for you, into your nose and eyes and onto your faces...

No thanks...I'll tape my bars....