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Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:06 am
by Squirrel
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:15 am
by Squirrel
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:27 pm
by REDEYE
Looks like you put allot of work into it, and it looks good. What color red are you going to use? Are you going to paint it yourself or take it to the shop?
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:12 pm
by Squirrel
REDEYE wrote:Looks like you put allot of work into it, and it looks good. What color red are you going to use? Are you going to paint it yourself or take it to the shop?
Negative, red-eye. The helmet will be black. I'm doing a shadow guard. As for the paint, I'll be doing that myself most likely. Unless I suddenly come into more money than my self-control can handle.
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:18 am
by Jedi_Outcast77
WOW and I thought I had some tough repairs. Your reconstruction was way more involved. Hreat job Squirrel.
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:46 pm
by REDEYE
Squirrel wrote:REDEYE wrote:Looks like you put allot of work into it, and it looks good. What color red are you going to use? Are you going to paint it yourself or take it to the shop?
Negative, red-eye. The helmet will be black. I'm doing a shadow guard. As for the paint, I'll be doing that myself most likely. Unless I suddenly come into more money than my self-control can handle.
Gotcha.
Did you use fiberglass in the repair, I can't tell?
BTW...the finished looks great!
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:36 pm
by Squirrel
Negative again Red-eye. No fiberglass used yet. I was debating on doing that later. I tried a coating of Resin, but the resin was too old and did not adhere properly. It had to be ripped out at the expense of a previous repair attempt. It was so bad, I deleted the pics from my phone. I have the second coat of black on, and might have another small,
very small, fix to do for smoothness. Not sure. Next up, the clear coat.
Admins, care to make this a sticky on how to fix a Don Post?
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:46 pm
by Squirrel
Also, if you looked at the before pics, the side of the visor area was completely FUBAR. I reconstructed this by following the steps I used for the rest of the helmet with one exception: When I was sanding the seams down, I pushed all the "dust" into the void. I then covered the area in superglue on the outside and inside. this gave me a medium to work with for filling that gap. This method only works if you put the dust in the area first.
Don't try to mix it, then move it, it doesn't work! Patience is the key in this situation. it will not dry instantly like usual. You must wait for it to cure.
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:35 pm
by Jedi_Outcast77
I found the same to be true with the ABS glue I used. It would dry and harden almost to the touch pretty fast but it wasn't solid or sand-able until a few days later. Once again, great job Squirrel!
Re: Squirrel's Don Post Helmet repair and paint
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:20 am
by Squirrel
Thank ya much!