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<blockquote data-quote="PEPAKURA TURTLE" data-source="post: 789305" data-attributes="member: 18007">My plan is cut 2 strips of elastic, attach a clasp to each elastic, and attach an elastic strip to the gasket, and another strip inside the helmet. The elastic inside has to be shorter than the helmet overall, in order to hold the helmet up and reduce the stress put on velcro. I'm planning to apply a total of 8 coats of rhondo to the gasket to prevent the cracking problem with my last helmet, so I'm predicting it'll be at least 2 pounds. I'm using polyester Velcro to line the foam, so the helmet would last longer if the gasket wasn't mostly hoisted on velcro.The only reason I decided not to use foam completely was because I patched up my old helmet with foam; the foam layering didn't work because I had to stretch its sides to wear it/ take it off, which caused it to rip multiple times throughout its use. The tapering of the wetworks helmet downwards is a huge disadvantage compared to other helmets, especially since the opening hole is much more elliptical than other helmets. I think that a removable gasket would be much cleaner and would require much less repair time, especially because the stress would be put on a more replaceable piece of the helmet, the elastic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PEPAKURA TURTLE, post: 789305, member: 18007"] My plan is cut 2 strips of elastic, attach a clasp to each elastic, and attach an elastic strip to the gasket, and another strip inside the helmet. The elastic inside has to be shorter than the helmet overall, in order to hold the helmet up and reduce the stress put on velcro. I'm planning to apply a total of 8 coats of rhondo to the gasket to prevent the cracking problem with my last helmet, so I'm predicting it'll be at least 2 pounds. I'm using polyester Velcro to line the foam, so the helmet would last longer if the gasket wasn't mostly hoisted on velcro. The only reason I decided not to use foam completely was because I patched up my old helmet with foam; the foam layering didn't work because I had to stretch its sides to wear it/ take it off, which caused it to rip multiple times throughout its use. The tapering of the wetworks helmet downwards is a huge disadvantage compared to other helmets, especially since the opening hole is much more elliptical than other helmets. I think that a removable gasket would be much cleaner and would require much less repair time, especially because the stress would be put on a more replaceable piece of the helmet, the elastic. [/QUOTE]

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