You'll get a Funny story with the answer- I brought the helmet in the shower with me to give it a good scrub (And to show my girl friend how much I love the helmet) I used Regular Dial hand soap with a nylon bristle brush. I Didn't even need to wash it though: if you're going to sand and polish- don't waste your time scrubbing. I ended up using the sand paper first and then the 0000 steel wool. I did two rounds of wool polishing under running water in the sink. Dude- seriously- I would use the Sweet steel as the metal, Show-through damage of the Aluminum casting powder. It's legit.
I'd hate to say this because of risk of the price rising- But $175 for ASOK's "Budget" helmet is a steal. I'm gretful to have one.
I'm going to mask out the dent and other really metal looking damage on just the polished surface. And the surface really matches the Testors "aluminum" enamel. That means matching the color of that "Alum CC" and last minute damage painting will be less work. In fact- I'm going to do a lot of the silver damage last instead of masking most of it. Although- I've learned doing a practice paint job that the rear panel and a lot of the weathered damage needs Grey misting. I know I'm getting verbose-
Not much, if any, paint chipped weathering exposes shiny metal.
When I'm back from snow boarding tomorrow on Super Bowl Sunday ill post more pix of progress! Any questions- please don't be shy to ask.
Hey about to start my own Asok cc paint up next week. Can I ask what kind of soap out used? Also where did you use the sandpaper? Entire lid before using the wool?
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You'll get a Funny story with the answer- I brought the helmet in the shower with me to give it a good scrub (And to show my girl friend how much I love the helmet) I used Regular Dial hand soap with a nylon bristle brush. I Didn't even need to wash it though: if you're going to sand and polish- don't waste your time scrubbing. I ended up using the sand paper first and then the 0000 steel wool. I did two rounds of wool polishing under running water in the sink. Dude- seriously- I would use the Sweet steel as the metal, Show-through damage of the Aluminum casting powder. It's legit.
I'd hate to say this because of risk of the price rising- But $175 for ASOK's "Budget" helmet is a steal. I'm grateful to have one.
I'm going to mask out the dent and other really metal looking damage on just the polished surface. And the surface really matches the Testors "aluminum" enamel. That means matching the color of that "Alum CC" and last minute damage painting will be less work. In fact- I'm going to do a lot of the silver damage last instead of masking most of it. Although- I've learned doing a practice paint job that the rear panel and a lot of the weathered damage needs Grey misting. I know I'm getting verbose-
Not much, if any, paint chipped weathering exposes shiny metal.
When I'm back from snow boarding tomorrow on Super Bowl Sunday ill post more pix of progress! Any questions- please don't be shy to ask.
Hey about to start my own Asok cc paint up next week. Can I ask what kind of soap out used? Also where did you use the sandpaper? Entire lid before using the wool?