Plasti dip'ed my lid...

[illuminateTHE...]

So I decided to change the colour of my HJC. I used matt black plasti dip, as it can be removed easily without damaging the factory paint job.


1] The helmet before
https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/IMG_04611_zpsa90ea126.jpg

https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/IMG_04621_zps9908d916.jpg

2] mask off areas you don't want painted

https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/IMG_04631_zpsec74513f.jpg


3] Apply around 7 light coats.

https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/IMG_04641_zps97c6806f.jpg


4] let the lid dry for an hour before removing the masking tape

https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/IMG_04651_zps36a0b63f.jpg


5] the finished product

https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/IMG_04681_zpse01effd3.jpg




https://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y484/A_yam/DxQqe_zps7d1d3e60.gif
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[P.addy]

How much was the plastdip for that?

[illuminateTHE...]

[P.addy]

Hmmm, not bad, could just spend £30 on a matt black lid, but looks decent enough

[chris-red]

Does it have a rubbery feel? If so that is fucking dangerous, if that lid touches down at speed you'll fuck your neck.
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[P.addy]

[illuminateTHE...]

[Irn-Bru]

[Saltire]

Nice!

Is there any aerosol sprays that are good for respraying lids? This has made me want to turn my boring silver Spada lid into something with a bit more pizzaz (?) .

p.s. that gif messed me up for a few minutes.

[fox]

[Rogerborg]

Not too bad, did not fuck it up.

They do it in fluorescent orange, I see...
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[dydey90]

My helmet is already black... Wonder what sort of stencils I could put on it.
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[J4mes]

^^ nobcat.jpg

[-Matt-]

Nice job, might have a go at that.

Been wanting a matte black lid for a while but all the cheapies have looked or felt shite. Think i'll try wrap my favourite helmet the same way

[dydey90]

What do I get as a reward if I stencil on a bright orange nobcat?
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[_Iain_]

Lets all play cover the potentially livesaving equipment with solvent that weakens it. Its an absolute minefield spraying helmets, the stupidity of spraying a helmet in a plain colour is beyond me - its less than £30 for a THH, and less than £40 for a 4* sharp rated G-mac pilot with that finish from the factory.

When you come off and it cracks like an egg I'll probbably laugh...but it's your head and you'll look good doing it eh?

Rubbery feeling lids are actually pretty good. Take a look at Lazer superskin helmets.
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[Dave70]

[-Matt-]

[Dave70]

I understand what you're saying regarding the inner shock absorbing contents of the lid and I agree but, I personally wouldn't go so far as to say the condition of the exterior shell is negligible. As I said, I'm no expert though.

[-Matt-]

I may be spouting shite but i'm mainly going by when i cleaned out my helmets earlier this year, one or two had entirely removable padding/interior styrene, or whatever the white impact absorbing stuff is officially called

As far as I could see, the outer 'shell' of the helmet was essentially just something to hold it in place and shape - besides having a crack in it post-impact I couldn't see it having much impact in an accident, so in terms of painting/spraying/dipping it, I would be suprised if it did much safety wise.

I shall await being told otherwise and shown to be monumentally wrong however

[Rogue_Shadow]

Pretty sure that's not a myth Matt.
The guy who did my CBT had half a motorcycle helmet (cut in half with a saw) and showed me the effects of compression on the polystyrene like stuff under the plastic.
Basically, the material absorbs the impact force but gets compacted in doing so. Making that area of the helmet less capable of absorbing additional impacts making it less effective as a barrier between you and "the force"

The plastic outer shell is obviously a "buffer" to the impact material stuff

Does the plastic dip affect the integrity of the helmet, who knows?
Would I consider doing it to any of my helmets ...

https://img.pandawhale.com/32707-Hell-no-gif-e2AG.jpeg

[-Matt-]

Funnily enough one of the only things i clearly remember from my CBT's also on one of the two CBT's we were told clearly - if you drop your helmet from waist height or above - replace it or you might as well not bother to wear a helmet.

I'm inclined to believe them as they were fairly experienced riders in all respects on the face of things.

[Rogue_Shadow]

Yea I remember that part too.
Mainly because my instructor initially kept going on and about about how loved his new Caberg or whatever (I was a noob, I dont know!)

Yet when he gave the " If I dropped it from this height, I'd never wear it" line.
I thought he was joking, untill he gave me the " YOU'RE DEAD TO ME" look

lesson learned
He then went onto say not to plastic dip you helmet as it will implode.
Also making a thread about it will kill kittens