Self painting my MLC Biker Helmet

[UKscout]

Well fingers crossed ill be soon able to paint my Biker Helmet after a long period
from doing any projects.

At home I've re-sprayed my Boiler Housing white using Plastic-Cote gloss white
sprays it turned out not to bad.

But is there a way of getting a good, smooth, gloss white finish with out taking my
lid to the local car sprayer.

anyone got any good hints and tips or a place or product i could obtain some where
in the uk

 

[Keith]

Can someone else tell Neil, as if i type out those instructions again i'll die of boredom.

Keith.

 

[fettster]

dont know if this is the norm but i would paint it with a few coats of matt white, then spray on a good quality clear coat.

that is of course if you have an airbrush.

if not, then i would paint it with white car spray paint, then wet sand it smooth and get a good quality polish and buff the hell out of it.

 

[RKW]

In the case of my helmet I used acrylic gloss paint from Homebase that can be used on radiators, pottery & plastic etc.

Keep the spray can moving at a constant distance and only do a bit at a time to allow the paint to dry a bit to avoid overspray.

I went for the weathered look so I used a combination of rubbing in black pastel, light misting with acrylic black and dabbing some green & brown enamel paint to simulate foliage. Finally I sprayed a light coating of Plastikote acrylic satin clear to both seal the pastel and dull the high sheen. You can't expect to be dirty and gleaming at the same time

If you're going to maintain the clean look then you can wet sand using a very fine grade paper and then buff to a polish using T-Cut or some other polish. No need to add a clear coat in this instance.

HTH

 

[Firespray]

I used Krylon Fusion on mine and got very nice results.

ImageCave

 

[RKW]

Very nice Firespray.

Has MLC produced a new design or did you go to the trouble of resculpting the snout area?

 

[Firespray]

<div class='quotetop'>(RKW @ Aug 15 2006, 03:19 PM) [snapback]1301073[/snapback]</div>

Very nice Firespray.

Has MLC produced a new design or did you go to the trouble of resculpting the snout area?
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Thanks for the complement RKW. I resculpted the snout area myself. You can see a few progress pics over at BikerScout.net in a post titled Making Some Progress.

 

[takevin]

I was expecting done pics, anyhew what was said above, Kryon fusion gloss white, all in one. Great stuff, simple to do. Practice first.