I'm building a Daft Punk helmet (Thomas) for my son for Halloween and have it done, minus the tinted visor. I'm having a heck of a time finding visor material at a local store. Anyone have any hints on where this stuff usually lives?
Thanks
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I'm building a Daft Punk helmet (Thomas) for my son for Halloween and have it done, minus the tinted visor. I'm having a heck of a time finding visor material at a local store. Anyone have any hints on where this stuff usually lives?
Thanks
I would maybe check a motorcycle shop for tinted wind screens. A plastics shop or glass repair place may have a thin tinted lexan or polycarbonate that would work as well. I would try to find a tinted material, as trying to tint flexible clear plastic with car tint is frustrating.
paintball & airsoft places have mirrored visors as well
A welding / AirGas shop.
I picked up some 1/8" tinted acrylic at a local plastics shop. Hopefully I can cut and bend it easily enough.
You can try to put it in a pot of boiling water for 20-30 seconds and it should help with bending it.
If you go to the welding shop and buy the replacement visors, you'll save time and headaches. They are already curved, slightly flexible, thinner, and I cut mine with scissors instead of melting the heck out of it with a dremel. I messed around with tinted 1/8" plexi. Way too much trouble, and not dark enough.
Yeah, Jango 5204 makes a good point. If you can find a welding visor, you're more than half way there. But you may want to make sure it's wide enough for the 'Daft-Thomas Helmet' first.
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Hi skyminer, here you can choose 2 places for buy the visor if you want.........................
Shade 5 Safety Visor Only Shade 5 Welding Green Large Size 15 '' X 8''
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Try a local sign shop they always have scrap pieces for cheap
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