Coloring a Helmet

[Timber 0]

I need to make a white helmet temporarily red for an upcoming tournament. Its important that I am able to remove the red fairly easily afterward. I'm thinking of face/body paint, or novelty colored hair spray. Anyone with experience in doing this please let me know what has worked/ not worked for you. Thanks.

[Icedog03 0]

Dont Paint it. Paint messes with the plastic

[jay 1]

I would go to a sign shop and see if they'll sell you a couple of feet of the sticker vinyl they run through the plotters. You can cut pieces to fit over the helmet and then just peel it off after the tourny.

[Guest 2048]

Red electrical tape could do the trick. It'd look ghetto, but it would come off easily and if the Wolverines do it, I can't imagine it being bad for your helmet.

[kosydar 0]

Hell if it were me, I'd try to find a cheap helmet to buy. It'd be so much easier than doing anything else (which probably won't look half decent, or last for that matter).

[pavelbure24 0]

my thoughts exactly Brian.

[kosydar 0]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3671850478&rd=1

Does that interest you?

[Timber 0]

Nice helmet, thanks for the tip. If I'm not able to pick one up cheap, I'll fall back on the red electricians tape.

[Vapor 0]

You can use rit dye. It may come out pink though. Word of advice: dont try and dye something maroon, green, wont work :)

[Kyle_M 0]

If you paint it would it make it not certified? I thought I heard that here somewhere but I could be wrong.

[Vapor 0]

If you paint it would it make it not certified? I thought I heard that here somewhere but I could be wrong.

spraypainting will void the certification

[hockeydude2003 0]

id just try and find like an itech hc95 bucket there cheap and you can get them in red. because like vapor said spray painting them will void the csa and hecc approval. also sorry man but so will the tape, anything that is not made by the company will void its csa and hecc certificate.

[DekeHead 0]

Vinyl dye should work. It's what PC modders use to dye things like the faceplates of CD-ROMS drives. You can pick it up at hobby stores.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

If tape voids the certification what will Michigan do if one of there players gets some sort of head injury, all their helmets have tape on them. I'd say if its just for one tourny tape that thing up and play.

[hockeydude2003 0]

If tape voids the certification what will Michigan do if one of there players gets some sort of head injury, all their helmets have tape on them. I'd say if its just for one tourny tape that thing up and play.

they have onsite doctors besides they dont pay for there helmets and bauer/nike might of made the tape thats on there helmet because if its made by bauer/nike then the certificate is still there but if its a simpsons sticker then it will be voided.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

I am pretty sure SportStar makes their decals...they make decals for every professional team that wears a helmet. Their decals do not void the CSA/HECC certificate.

[hockeydude2003 0]

ahh interesting. thanks for the info Jr.