Hardware store grip glue?

[Bpreynolds2]

Hey all, any recommendations for a good glue I could use for grips available from my local hardware store?  Gorilla?  Shoe Goo? 

[Dirk_S]

I thought super glue was the standard?

Also—any tips on removing my Oxford heated grips that have been glued with said cyanoacrylate without destroying them would be great;y appreciated. Baby’s got a new handlebar to install. Acetone? Denatured alcohol and patience?

[dirtiegirtie]

I use hairspray.
Goes on as a liquid - lubricates to make install/positioning easier.
Dries quickly (alcohol) and has tacky/adhesive properties once dried.

[Motormike]

I'd stay FAR away from Super Glue.  That stuff can get everywhere and will eat paint in a second.  No matter how careful I am with it, somehow it always ends up on my fingers!   Common hairspray (which is mostly an aerosol lacquer) works well.  I've also used Goop Adhesive.  Easy to find at almost any hardware or department store.  Be careful, it too can be messy, a little goes a long way.

[Wayne Orwig]

I use hairspray.
Goes on as a liquid - lubricates to make install/positioning easier.
Dries quickly (alcohol) and has tacky/adhesive properties once dried.

+1

I always used hair spray too. Get it wet to slide it on easy. It is easy to clean up when you replace the grip.

[Tom H]

WD40 will also work to slide the grips on.

Tom

[LaMojo]

How about no glue. Blast the interior of the grip with rubbing alcohol or carb cleaner and quickly slide it over the handlebar. Dries in seconds and grip stays put.

Yep. Used this method to regrip golf clubs. Works.

[Jack Straw]

I've never needed grip glue on any bike with any grips.

[wrbix]

3+ on hairspray

[Moparnut72]

One caution, heated grips will soften and loosen some glues. On a longer trip I had to get some super glue to put my throttle grip back on. Oxford supplied it with their grips but I didn't want to use it due to reasons listed above. I used a Gorilla Glue that failed, the water activated version.
kk

[PeteS]

Another vote for hairspray. The cheap old school lacquer that golf balls bounce off of. Helmet hair.

Pete

[lucky phil]

How about no glue. Blast the interior of the grip with rubbing alcohol or carb cleaner and quickly slide it over the handlebar. Dries in seconds and grip stays put.

Yep, I've never used any form of glue on hand grips even race bikes. I do use a few wraps of lockwire around the grips though but I've run without that as well. So to remove the grips just snip the lock wire, stick the air gun nozzle under the outer edge of the grip and pull the trigger and slide the grip off. Installation is the reverse. Grip glue just seems messy and unnecessary.







   

[Motormike]

No adhesive...hmmmm?  I've had grips loosen on more than one occasion.  Usually in the heat of summer, July and August.  Almost always just the left one, since it's over a smooth metal tube.  The throttle tube is usually ribbed to help prevent the grip from slipping. 

[kballowe]

I like the super glue gel. 

Note that it could crack some windshields if too close proximity while it is still outgassing.

[BRG-BIRD]

Another vote for hairspray 

[chuck peterson]

Electric contact cleaner, but you have to be fast

If it drys in place before you get it where you want it, lift the inside lip and spray some more, push w both hands real fast

To remove use large screwdriver circling the bar

[lucky phil]

No adhesive...hmmmm?  I've had grips loosen on more than one occasion.  Usually in the heat of summer, July and August.  Almost always just the left one, since it's over a smooth metal tube.  The throttle tube is usually ribbed to help prevent the grip from slipping.

It's worked for me on road bikes for 40 years and on WSB's I've prepared and IOM bikes I've prepared and worked on. Race bikes always had lockwire though. I can't ever remember any new bikes I've worked on that were glued. I recently changed the RE grips for Yamaha R1 grips and they weren't glued. Sometimes handlebar diameters aren't what they claim to be by a small margin as well.
Ciao 

[malik]

Hairspray, too. I use the cheapest I could get hold of, from the $2 Shop, lasts for ages, effective.

You wouldn't want to use it on your head, but for handgrips it's good.

[Dirk_S]

One caution, heated grips will soften and loosen some glues. On a longer trip I had to get some super glue to put my throttle grip back on. Oxford supplied it with their grips but I didn't want to use it due to reasons listed above. I used a Gorilla Glue that failed, the water activated version.
kk

Bingo—that’s what happened to me. I found myself spinning my clutch side grip almost as much as my throttle.

[Alfetta]

I do not use any glue or lock wires.  I boil my grips in a pot of water and push them onto clean dry bars while hot. I have never had any loose grip issues.
i guess it's whatever works for the end user !

[blackcat]

I just use WD-40 to remove the old ones and install the new grips. Never needed any adhesive after the drying out of the WD-40.

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

mountain bikers tip that has served me well is classic hair spray!  Spritz it inside, the grip slides on smoothly, but it evaporates quickly to tacky but not glued-on! Just enough grip to keep it from spinning, but easy to remove

[kballowe]

Aqua net is the very best.  It has 33% more hold

[bigbikerrick]

I think I have tried everything, mentioned here. I guess it depends on the grip/ handlebar individual fit. On some I have gotten away using nothing, just cleaning up both the grip and bar with alcohol. On others I have used hair spray with good results. Some I have had to use contact cement, like a 3m spray contact glue used for upholstery. There have been some grips that were stubborn, and kept twisting that I had to use super glue on, but thats my last resort option. I seem to get that stuff all over, and its messy!
Rick.

[80CX100]

I cannot believe no one has mentioned hair spray

      Yea, but they're all pretty careless with their cash,,, I got mine at a real dollar $tore