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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