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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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I have the HD nostalgia grips. They are all rubber and they are getting stickier all the time. Ive cleaned them with glass cleaner and it doesnt seem to help much. How do you keep your grips from getting sticky and what do you clean them with when they do?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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lol, I think I'll pass on this.
 
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I have the HD nostalgia grips. They are all rubber and they are getting stickier all the time. Ive cleaned them with glass cleaner and it doesnt seem to help much. How do you keep your grips from getting sticky and what do you clean them with when they do?
Change types of hand lotion and wash thoroughly when you're done...
 
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Mom always told me I would go blind!!! Simple Green works well for me when cleaning the rubbers on the ISO's. I now were fingerless gloves so they don't stick................oh no, another fingerless gloves/assless chaps issue
 
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 04:07 PM
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I had the same problem with my heated grips. I cleaned them with Simple Green and every thing else i could think of and they were still tacky or sticky. I went to an electrical supply company and purchased some heat shrink tubing 1-1/4 slid it over the grips heated it up and trimmed of the ends. That was 4 years ago and no problems.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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Wink Sticky?
'Nuff said.
 
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Once they start, they're done, there is no fixing the sticky. My new HD grips made it about 8 months before they got sticky.
 
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I had Capt Itch make these for me

 
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insect repellents, sunscreens and some lotions will soften the rubber.

and alot of cleaners-

use any of those?

Mike
 
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