help me paint my helmet

Started by muskrat, March 03, 2010, 09:40:56 AM

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jimbonerz28

here is what I did to my icon alliance, I am from Texas as you can see

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ducpainter

Quote from: jimbonerz28 on March 04, 2010, 01:29:49 PM
here is what I did to my icon alliance, I am from Texas as you can see


Nice... [thumbsup]

Do you have access to spray equipment, or is that a garage/rattle can job?
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jimbonerz28

I have been kicking around the idea of using small pics of playboy centerfolds to do a collage of naked chicks, it would look like your typical mumble jumble graphic from a distance but up closer it would be T&A here, a pretty face there, a bush and I dont the president.
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Quote from: ducpainter on March 04, 2010, 01:31:30 PM
Nice... [thumbsup]

Do you have access to spray equipment, or is that a garage/rattle can job?

I work at a collision repair shop so when its slow I mess around with my own stuff, try new ideas and such. sometime I rattle can stuff but only when I am looking to ghetto something but mostly use RM basecoat clearcoat system.



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ducpainter

Quote from: jimbonerz28 on March 04, 2010, 01:42:56 PM
I work at a collision repair shop so when its slow I mess around with my own stuff, try new ideas and such. sometime I rattle can stuff but only when I am looking to ghetto something but mostly use RM basecoat clearcoat system.




Sweet...

another freakin' painter. ;D [thumbsup]
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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loopsrider

Hate to poop on the parade (all nice helmets BTW), but can't paint affect the structural integrity of the hard surface of a helmet?? ???

ducpainter

Quote from: loopsrider on March 04, 2010, 04:10:38 PM
Hate to poop on the parade (all nice helmets BTW), but can't paint affect the structural integrity of the hard surface of a helmet?? ???
No.

Your thinking is 40 years old when helmets may have been something other than composites.

All composites can be refinished without affecting them structurally. You wouldn't want to use stripper on them, but paint is fine.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



loopsrider

Quote from: ducpainter on March 04, 2010, 04:13:54 PM
No.

Your thinking is 40 years old when helmets may have been something other than composites.

All composites can be refinished without affecting them structurally. You wouldn't want to use stripper on them, but paint is fine.

Hell....I'm not even 40 years old.... [laugh]

Yeah, I've heard different takes on the paint thing. Good to hear your opinion that modern helmets can be painted...

ducpainter

Quote from: loopsrider on March 04, 2010, 04:26:52 PM
Hell....I'm not even 40 years old.... [laugh]

<snip>
amazing how misinformation can hang on through the generations.  ;)
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    is even more amazing than yours."
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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muskrat

I think daffy looks cool but in red. where did you buy that sticker?
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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muskrat

Quote from: jimbonerz28 on March 04, 2010, 01:29:49 PM
here is what I did to my icon alliance, I am from Texas as you can see


where is West Texas are you?  I might need a Texan to do the job  [thumbsup]
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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DucHead

Quote from: jimbonerz28 on March 04, 2010, 01:29:49 PM
here is what I did to my icon alliance, I am from Texas as you can see



Beautiful...   [thumbsup]

Designs like this look so much better than the busy, psychedelic, technicolor yawn racer replica helmets.   [puke]
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Quote from: muskrat on March 04, 2010, 09:28:49 PM
I think daffy looks cool but in red. where did you buy that sticker?

I made it when I was working at the student copy shop here on campus....

Quick search for daffy duck sticker gives this:
http://www.funbumperstickers.com/detail.aspx?ID=957
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jimbonerz28

Quote from: muskrat on March 04, 2010, 09:29:54 PM
where is West Texas are you?  I might need a Texan to do the job  [thumbsup]

I am in Midland, its halfway between Dallas and El Paso. IDK if this is allowed here but you can pm me here or at my local website www.westtexasmotorcycles.net check it out if your in my area.
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jimbonerz28

Quote from: loopsrider on March 04, 2010, 04:10:38 PM
Hate to poop on the parade (all nice helmets BTW), but can't paint affect the structural integrity of the hard surface of a helmet?? ???

like ducpainter said the new tech poly paints dont affect the shell like the older lacquer and enamel paint did. they (lacquers and enamels) were mainly solvent based, the newer polys are more like epoxy with a dedicated hardener, solvents are very low to be V.O.C compliant making them less aggressive on the substrates. its really more like a coating than a paint. the only thing we dont paint are airbags.
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