Can You Paint/bondo A Hot Glued Helmet?
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Jeff Torres
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You used the Hot glued method? Dip and spread? Yes you can paint it, I recommend Latex, if you use enamel then it will crack because hot glue is flexible (you'd be surprised how much a hot glued joint can move) and to Remove the bumps either use the nozzle of the gun and slowly work your way back and forth and spread it around, that or use a heat gun
HaloFreakX
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Not on the inside, if that's what you were going to do.. If you went Hot glue then, you should make you resined already etc etc..
Jeff Torres
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I think he's using the hot glue as a sort of rubberized Bondo....thats gonna take a hellavalota sanding
Jeff Torres
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Isn't It just different Viscosity?
You can't use bondo on a hot glue reinforced helmet. When it flexes from the hot glue, the bondo you applied will crack because it is rigid but brittle. As far as I know, there's no sandable solution for the exterior to smoothen hot glue armor, nor can you sand down the high ridges through the paper into the hot glue. It just gets gummy and wrinkly. If you're going to continue with the hot glue, I'd return the bondo if you haven't already cracked it open.
HOWEVER, with a good paint job on the HD peps, you can get a good-looking set of pure hotglue armor (you'll still need to pad the interior and whatnot). Just check out Pooper's hot glue armor as an example. I think he's the only one with a completed hot glue suit.
Your other option (I'm just thinking outside the box here) is to use another fiber like burlap or cheesecloth since your parents are against fiberglass, but you'll still need to encase it in resin. The tried-and-true process of resin outside, resin inside, fiberglass inside, bondo outside would remain the same. You'll just be replacing fiberglass with some other fiber. It just won't be as strong. If it was the resin fumes that your parents were actually against when they refer to fiberglass, then tell them that resin and bondo are literally the same product, but bondo has talc as an additive. You'll still need all the same safety gear: gloves and respirator.
If your parents weren't okay with the toxic fumes (understandably, depending on your age), then a non-toxic alternative is aqua resin, which is a water-based resin. You can still use fiberglass with it in the same way as polyester resin, just more expensive but non-toxic.
Just do a search for all the above alternatives I mentioned if you need more info. It's all here on the 405th, which is how I learned about all this stuff.
HOWEVER, with a good paint job on the HD peps, you can get a good-looking set of pure hotglue armor (you'll still need to pad the interior and whatnot). Just check out Pooper's hot glue armor as an example. I think he's the only one with a completed hot glue suit.
Your other option (I'm just thinking outside the box here) is to use another fiber like burlap or cheesecloth since your parents are against fiberglass, but you'll still need to encase it in resin. The tried-and-true process of resin outside, resin inside, fiberglass inside, bondo outside would remain the same. You'll just be replacing fiberglass with some other fiber. It just won't be as strong. If it was the resin fumes that your parents were actually against when they refer to fiberglass, then tell them that resin and bondo are literally the same product, but bondo has talc as an additive. You'll still need all the same safety gear: gloves and respirator.
If your parents weren't okay with the toxic fumes (understandably, depending on your age), then a non-toxic alternative is aqua resin, which is a water-based resin. You can still use fiberglass with it in the same way as polyester resin, just more expensive but non-toxic.
Just do a search for all the above alternatives I mentioned if you need more info. It's all here on the 405th, which is how I learned about all this stuff.
If your looking for a not so rigid but sandible outside you can use plaser cloths. Enter if you don't know what they are they are just plaster dipped in like a gauze strip. It is moderatly sandible but to get it smooth you can just coat the entire thing in a cheap acrlic paint (it is so thick it gets in the holes and smooths everything out.
ImaGonnaGetYou
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coolguy26 said:
Well then there really isn't a point to using bondo, then. Plus, you'll need a respirator, safety goggles, and all of the other safety equipment that would full protect you from fiberglass resin in the first place.
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MrOreo123 said:
Not true, If you use enough hot glue, And then cover that hot glue in a layer of cardboard before it dries, Fiollowed by a final coat of Hot glue, It can be incredibly Sturdy.
I done this to my Old Mk VI Helmet and my Helghast helmet and it works fine.
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kupokitty
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I painted a paper mache'd helmet that was covered in glue because I was rushing it. The paint stays on pretty well, and I've dropped the helmet a couple times. My crappy, rushed mkVI.
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