[TR] Wing bead kit plastic protective coating.

[tom white]

Does anyone have a source for wing beads other than TRF or Moss who both get
the same black plastic covered beads?

Best regards,
Tom

> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 16:43:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TR] Wing bead kit plastic protective coating.
> From: greg at gelhar.com
> To: tswhitez123 at hotmail.com
> CC: triumphs at autox.team.net
>
> I agree, that black plastic film does not peel easily. I remember shaving
> it off with little effort. Don't be in a hurry.
>
>
> Greg G.
> Osseo, MN
>
>
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I bought a wing bead kit from TRF for my 1960 TR3A.  Today I unpacked one
> > to
> > install on a rear fender.  The beads have all been covered with a black
> > plastic protective coating.  No problem just peel and strip, WRONG AND
> > IMPOSSIBLE.
> >
> > I called TRF and their suggestion was use a hair dryer of low setting on
> > my
> > heat gun to strip the plastic, WRONG AGAIN. I did manage to get the
> > plastic
> > off of one small rear fender tail bead with ten minutes of high heat from
> > the
> > heat gun.  The same approach did not proof effective on the larger rear
> > fender
> > bead.  I also attempted to remove the plastic with buffing and nylon
brush
> > wheels on my Dremel.  The Dremel proved useless too.  I tired acetone to
> > soften the plastic with no success.
> >
> > Does anyone have an effective way to remove the plastic coating from the
> > fender beads?  Pleas4e let me know if there is a good way to remove this
> > plastic.
> > Best regards,
> > Tom