Screw Covers - Can't find supplier

[dolabriform]

Hi all

I have these screw covers that slot into a hole next to each screw, but I haven't been able to find a supplier for them to replace the broken ones.

Does anyone know of a supplier? Google has failed me on this occasion

Thanks

David

 

[Yngmar]

Never seen those before and Google-Fu finds nothing. What you can get easily are the ones with center holes for philips/pozidriv heads, but they tend to snap off when removed and then you have to pry them out. Or these with an attached lid (but they're thicker as they act as a plastic washer). They were well suited for the headliner panels.

Wickes Plastic Screw Cover Caps - White Pack of 10 | Wickes.co.uk

If you need lots, buy direct from AliExpress where you get bags of 100s for a few quid.

If you absolutely need the special offset-nose ones, looks like an easy job to design and 3D print a couple.

 

[lustyd]

Or Screwfix at £3 for 100 6-8ga Screw Caps White 100 Pack

 

[dolabriform]

Never seen those before and Google-Fu finds nothing. What you can get easily are the ones with center holes for philips/pozidriv heads, but they tend to snap off when removed and then you have to pry them out. Or these with an attached lid (but they're thicker as they act as a plastic washer). They were well suited for the headliner panels.

Wickes Plastic Screw Cover Caps - White Pack of 10 | Wickes.co.uk

If you need lots, buy direct from AliExpress where you get bags of 100s for a few quid.

If you absolutely need the special offset-nose ones, looks like an easy job to design and 3D print a couple.

The problem with using the normal ones is that I'm left with a hole by the covered screw.

I hadn't thought of printing them, thanks for that. If I can't find any I'll dust off the printer !

 

[lustyd]

If you just want to cover it up Screwfix also have self adhesive ones which are a bit bigger and should cover the hole

 

[Thistle]

Is this a sensible design? Putting an additional hole close to a screw sounds to me like a recipe for things pulling out and leaving bigger holes.

 

[LittleSister]

Is this a sensible design? Putting an additional hole close to a screw sounds to me like a recipe for things pulling out and leaving bigger holes.

If only one could go back in time and warn the original builders!

 

[dolabriform]

Is this a sensible design? Putting an additional hole close to a screw sounds to me like a recipe for things pulling out and leaving bigger holes.

It seems to work well in this instance, and has lasted over twenty years without an issue ( apart from some of the lugs breaking off when being extracted ).
However, I was after a suggested supplier to replace some broken ones, not a fred drift about the merits of the design

 

[Poignard]

[...]
However, I was after a suggested supplier to replace some broken ones, not a fred drift about the merits of the design

That's the way of forums.

It probably won't be long before someone tells you you bought the wrong boat!

 

[lustyd]

You definitely have the wrong anchor...

 

[Martin_J]

They seem to be pretty standard on Moody yachts. A small hole next to the screw with a plastic mushroom that has a longer stalk than the screw covers that push into the centres of screws instead.

Moody ones look like the Fischer ADK covers though. Even though the stalk is central, it does still cover the screw head.