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07-02-2008, 02:13 PM
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I was hoping no one would find that 
I Actually roll with a plain white Bell BR-1, I'm waiting to paint it until I get a prof. ride from someone 
even though I actually airbrush all my helmets myself, I played goalie in hockey for quite a few years and went through alot of mask's so thats what I learned on and justified the expense of an airbrush setup.
I Actually roll with a plain white Bell BR-1, I'm waiting to paint it until I get a prof. ride from someone even though I actually airbrush all my helmets myself, I played goalie in hockey for quite a few years and went through alot of mask's so thats what I learned on and justified the expense of an airbrush setup.
07-02-2008, 02:54 PM
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I like all the helmets here with the exception of the "bend-over" helmet.. Mine are kind of old school flames and flags hot rod style ,though I have a new one going in a different direction w paint
07-02-2008, 04:32 PM
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VZ935 nice design. On a superstitious side note, I've always heard from racers of old that having flames on the helmet and on the car is a no no because its bad karma.
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In my book these two are def. the sexiest . well worth a trip to Monza
and of course I can't stop at just one and leave you guys hanging
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01-26-2009, 11:46 AM
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Reusable vinyl has become increasingly available in inkjet compatible formats, so I decided to try some out. Here's what I was able to do with a little DIY art work and a $25 investment in vinyl paper.
01-26-2009, 11:55 AM
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Very cool! Do you have any details, like exactly what paper? Do you use just a regular printer? How well does it apply, and go around curves?
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I used Office Max paper that is packaged as "Laptop Skin". It's the same stuff that SkinIt uses http://www.skinit.com/
My printer is a 4-year old HP Photosmart inkjet.
The vinyl is stretchable, but only to an extent. You can't make a single graphic wrap around even a fourth of the surface area, but it was certainly very easy to stretch the center line of each of these graphics so that the surface area matched the curvature of the helmet.
It's also pretty strong. You can see in the rear that I cut around the flames on the right hand side so that the paper wouldn't cover up the flames on the left hand side... I was pulling on those delicate pieces fairly hard, and it didn't tear.
It helps that the base vinyl is white, and I started with a white helmet. Made it much easier to cut near the edge of a graphic vs precisely at the edge of a graphic.
They're also easy to re-position during the application, which made it easy to fix initial mistakes in trying to get it all symmetrical.
The best part is that I can change it up when I get tired of a given design.
My printer is a 4-year old HP Photosmart inkjet.
The vinyl is stretchable, but only to an extent. You can't make a single graphic wrap around even a fourth of the surface area, but it was certainly very easy to stretch the center line of each of these graphics so that the surface area matched the curvature of the helmet.
It's also pretty strong. You can see in the rear that I cut around the flames on the right hand side so that the paper wouldn't cover up the flames on the left hand side... I was pulling on those delicate pieces fairly hard, and it didn't tear.
It helps that the base vinyl is white, and I started with a white helmet. Made it much easier to cut near the edge of a graphic vs precisely at the edge of a graphic.
They're also easy to re-position during the application, which made it easy to fix initial mistakes in trying to get it all symmetrical.
The best part is that I can change it up when I get tired of a given design.