what kind of prep work do you need to do to the surface to get the paint to stick? and do you clear it when youre done?
LOL, I almost choked when I saw that. LOL. Good work my man. Prep work really depends on the helmet.... This one was an old one that had the vents all broken up... So I did some work on it to meet the design I'm working on. If the helmet is brand new, a light scuff and some adhesion promoter is all it takes. However... If your helmet has stock stickers buried under the clear, you might want those out. Yes I do clear my projects when they are done I'll use ppg, high build clear for this helmet, Usually I'll use something a bit thinner. Not very often do I spend my time making a paint job look old and ragged on purpous, but I want a destroyed metel steel look on this. So a lot of abuse and sloppyness in certain ways needs to go into this. I'll post a progress pic.
good lawd people.... I'm a busy guy. heres a status update... got the silver on, started work on ratting out the silver to make it look like rusted metal I will be adding candy rootbeer into the mix, some yellow.... maybe rivits... jet burn and tear marks here and there. the lines have a pathway left for clean ratting.
