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Re: [TR] Wing bead kit plastic protective coating.

To: "tom white" <tswhitez123@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Wing bead kit plastic protective coating.
From: greg@gelhar.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 16:43:41 -0400
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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

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