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Re: helmet painting?

You do realise that a black square with a yellow cross means that you're a novice licence holder in car racing terms, don't you? It's the car racing equivalent of the orange bib used by bike racers.

Re: helmet painting?

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Originally Posted by madness (Post 1708924)

Paint it PURPLE ;)

oh yeah thats right lower the tone why don't you ;)

Re: helmet painting?

PM Paul the 6th perhaps? He might be able to help.

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Originally Posted by madness (Post 1708924)

Paint it PURPLE ;)

heehee purple, lovely!

Re: helmet painting?

I don't watch football or take the slightest bit of interest in it because of the needless violence that surrounds it, so hadn't a clue

Re: helmet painting?

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Originally Posted by Lozzo (Post 1708618)

Signwriting vinyl is incredibly stretchy and will take shape over a lid easily. Just make sure the vinyl is warm when it's being applied and spray a little water with a drop (just a drop) of washing up liquid on the lid first. Apply the vinyl then squeegee the water out with a felt scraper from a signwriters shop.

Yellow is good!!! (and easy to aquire)
You can get blank sheets of yellow vinyl used for number plate backgrounds on dirtbikes at most Motorcycle supply stores.
Most come 3 sheets to a pack.
Flexible, sticks great, super tough and is UV resistant.
I used some last weekend to put some stars on my helmet...not quite finished yet..(will try to get a pic tommorrow)

Note:
Sign vinyl looks better ...If properly applied looks like a paint job. But .....is hard to apply and not as durable as the MX suff.
Gotta be careful even when cleaning it.

The MX stuff is rough and tuff and can withstand the normal bumps and knocks a helmet gets. (off the rider)and does not scratch or scuff easily.
But up close...yes...it's a sticker.

....of course having a pro paint it would be best.

Re: helmet painting?

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Originally Posted by Lozzo (Post 1708607)

No it does not - not on any Arai anyway.

You shouldn't paint a polycarbonate helmet under any circumstances, but painting a fibreglass shell such as an Arai is fine and will not compromise the safety of it.

This would be my main reason for not DIYing it, but a simple yellow cross should be easy to achieve to a good standard. Anything more complex I'd leave to an expert helmet painter. I've painted a few lids over the years with aerosols and you can get quite a good finish. Nowadays iId let a mate who's got a car bodyshop do it instead.

Any idea what a RAID 1 helmet is made of? It's a RAID NOT a RAID II!!

Re: helmet painting?

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Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave (Post 1708640)

Speak to Richard at Rich-Art for a quote, good bloke and does a fantastic job.

He did mine. :takeabow:

Re: helmet painting?

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Originally Posted by Richie (Post 1892447)

He did mine. :takeabow:

How much did you pay, if you don't mind me asking???

Re: helmet painting?

£300 quid including the helmet, from Hein Gericke
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9721/arai2.jpg

not a one off... I might add.