pilotlicense
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Update! Tonight I got the chance to start working on the details under the brim of the helmet and the sides.
The kiddo wearing the helmet before we started work for the evening.. (No, I don't let him outside when I'm working with the chemicals)
This is the amount and mixture ratio that I have to mix up due to the high heat outside. This stuff hardens in 2 - 3 minutes in the Arizona heat!
I used saran wrap to cover the helmet and put it inside the helmet. I didn't even really have to glue it in place. It pretty much held itself in place.
Big mess! No worries, I planned on it getting everywhere, as I would be using a razor blade to clean it up while it was still in the rubbery stage of curing.
Looks like hell right now, but will be cleaned up in no time!
Here's the shield held in place by its own strength while the bondo cured.
Some side details. This will be cleaned up a lot in the next few days. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to stencil out the design with the quick drying bondo. My tendency was always to pull the card stock stencil up too early, making it kinda goo out and flow around while it was still virtually liquid state. When this stuff starts to harden, I have a period of about 3 - 5 seconds before it's too hard / thick to pull the stencil up. When it hardens to this point, pulling the stencil up usually pulls the curing bondo up around it, screwing everything up. Any ideas?
I had to come inside because the darn mosquitoes are out in full force after the sun goes down. Here's where I left off for the night.
Heh, the SHOCKER REFLECTION.
The kiddo wearing the helmet before we started work for the evening.. (No, I don't let him outside when I'm working with the chemicals)
This is the amount and mixture ratio that I have to mix up due to the high heat outside. This stuff hardens in 2 - 3 minutes in the Arizona heat!
I used saran wrap to cover the helmet and put it inside the helmet. I didn't even really have to glue it in place. It pretty much held itself in place.
Big mess! No worries, I planned on it getting everywhere, as I would be using a razor blade to clean it up while it was still in the rubbery stage of curing.
Looks like hell right now, but will be cleaned up in no time!
Here's the shield held in place by its own strength while the bondo cured.
Some side details. This will be cleaned up a lot in the next few days. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to stencil out the design with the quick drying bondo. My tendency was always to pull the card stock stencil up too early, making it kinda goo out and flow around while it was still virtually liquid state. When this stuff starts to harden, I have a period of about 3 - 5 seconds before it's too hard / thick to pull the stencil up. When it hardens to this point, pulling the stencil up usually pulls the curing bondo up around it, screwing everything up. Any ideas?
I had to come inside because the darn mosquitoes are out in full force after the sun goes down. Here's where I left off for the night.
Heh, the SHOCKER REFLECTION.
