Having been an artist all my life and an airbrush artist for the How To Make a Helmet Look Like a Character Head
past five years. I had a dream that one day I would open this Some of the supplies, equipment I used in the following helmet
business and with love it would grow. It started from scratch, project are as follows. Airbrush(Omni4000), Auto Air paint
in my mom’s basement. I then landed a job painting the local (semi-opaque black, semi-opaque red, semi-opaque white,
middle school gym floor and with that down payment I bought transparent brown, transparent red, transparent pink, and
the first supplies for my business. Everyone saw the heart and pearl silver), Auto Prep, saran wrap, blow dryer, sand paper
soul I put into that Spartan head I painted, which landed me my 600, 800, cotton rags, tack cloth, masking tape, vinyl mesh,
next job and so on. From that point on I have never turned back Windex, paper towels, spray can clear coat.
and I pour passion, determination, prayer, and lots of hard work Disclosure: This helmet is for novelty use only. Have your
into every project for “You’re only as good as your last piece of customers sign contracts stating that this helmet is not
work”. intended for riding and they cannot hold you accountable for
any accidents.
Preparing the Helmet
1.Take the visor off of the helmet.
2.To protect the visor, wrap a piece of saran wrap around it nice and tight.
3. Roll out and cut enough of the vinyl mesh to cover the visor
4. Place little rolls of masking tape on the back of the mesh or spray it with
spray adhesive.
5. Start folding the mesh tightly over the visor and tape it down, making sure no
tape is visible from the front
6. Cut off the excess mesh, leaving about 1/3 of an inch so you can pull the
mesh tightly over the surface.
7. Sand the mesh surface with 600-800 sandpaper. I also suggest to start
prepping your helmet the same way.
8. Spray some Prep-All on a clean cloth and wipe off all your fingerprints on the
entire visor and helmet then wait 5 minutes.
9. Wipe it off again with a clean, dry cloth and again with a tack cloth.
10. Mask off the open area on the helmet so you can clear coat the helmet later
and also so you have a backing to tape the visor to. Use little rolls of tape to put
the visor in it’s spot on the helmet.
11. Clean it off one more time to make certain there are no oils on the helmet
and visor.
Now you are ready to paint!
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