Paint a cycling helmet

Apart from hopefully protecting one's noggin if you fall
off, to me the other saftey feature of a cycle helmet should
be that it makes you more visible, esp amongst traffic.
Unfortunately for some reason many helmets in shops seem to
be fairly dark colours and aren't much good in this respect.

I have a grey one (given as a gift) that I want to paint it
a brighter colour (probably white) for on-road use... can
anyone suggest the right sort of paint?. Some spray paints
I've seen say not to use on cycle helments - maybe they
dissolve them.

Cheers - Paul.

"Paul Clarke" <clarke_p@NOSPAMntlworld.com>typed

> Apart from hopefully protecting one's noggin if you fall
> off, to me the other saftey feature of a cycle helmet
> should be that it makes you more visible, esp amongst
> traffic. Unfortunately for some reason many helmets in
> shops seem to be fairly dark colours and aren't much good
> in this respect.

> I have a grey one (given as a gift) that I want to paint
> it a brighter colour (probably white) for on-road use...
> can anyone suggest the right sort of paint?. Some spray
> paints I've seen say not to use on cycle helments - maybe
> they dissolve them.

> Cheers - Paul.

I thought *any* paint or stickers were a no-no with
*any* helmet. Met Police at Cyclex didn't seem to know
this though.

I suggest getting a 'Halo' or Respro reflective headband.

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Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

> I thought *any* paint or stickers were a no-no with
> *any* helmet. Met Police at Cyclex didn't seem to know
> this though.

Though the plastic outer shell shouldn't complain too much,
I'd have thought. But the full extent of the over-shell
depends on the model of helmet.

> I suggest getting a 'Halo' or Respro reflective headband.

That should work.

Pete.
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In article <2004030915344285140@zetnet.co.uk>,
helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk says...
> I thought *any* paint or stickers were a no-no with
> *any* helmet. Met Police at Cyclex didn't seem to know
> this though.
>
Sigh! :-(

Not getting at you Helen , but this one crops up every
so often in work an I get fed up of repeating it. A bit
of history

In the 70's a new breed of motorcycle helmet appeared , ones
that were moulded from thermoplastic and were susceptible to
stress cracks if they came into medium term contact with
aromatic hydrocarbons such as petrol or thinners, or the
petroleum based gums that were then quite common as adhesive
for stickers, decals and labels. The warning was then issued
not to paint or use stickers on them. Time has moved on
stickers now use an acrylic adhesive that has no aromatics ,
but you ( not Helen but the argumentative type "you") might
say " what about the old stock of sticker that you might
come across" . The main reason for the switch from aromatic
gums was that they had a shelf life , used or not, of about
18 months so it's unlikely that there will be any left in a
useable state.

The upshot is that the advice " never paint or use a sticker
on a helmet" is out of date and refereed to a particular
type of helmet and certain type of sticker.

There! Wasn't that boring?

marc wrote:

> There! Wasn't that boring?

No! Thanks for posting the info

~PB

marc <marccdimspamremovedimspamto
reply@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk>typed

> The upshot is that the advice " never paint or use a
> sticker on a helmet" is out of date and refereed to a
> particular type of helmet and certain type of sticker.

> There! Wasn't that boring?

No, it was useful, actually...

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On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:02:01 -0000, in
<c2kt7m$1uqmj3$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Pete Biggs"
<ptangerine{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:

>marc wrote:
>
>> There! Wasn't that boring?
>
>No! Thanks for posting the info
>
>~PB
>

There was a time when if you looked up "Boring" in the
Yellow Pages it referred you to "Civil Engineers".

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"marc" <marccdimspamremovedimspamto reply@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk> wrote in
message news:MPG.1ab802647bd57eaa989a38@news.demon.co.uk...
> In article <2004030915344285140@zetnet.co.uk>,
> helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk says...
> > I thought *any* paint or stickers were a no-no with
> > *any* helmet. Met Police at Cyclex didn't seem to know
> > this though.
> >
> The upshot is that the advice " never paint or use a
> sticker on a helmet" is out of date and refereed to a
> particular type of helmet and certain type of sticker.
>
> There! Wasn't that boring?

What about these animal ears you see people using on their
motorcycle helmets nowadays?

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:34:46 -0000, marc <> wrote:

> The upshot is that the advice " never paint or use a
> sticker on a helmet" is out of date and refereed to a
> particular type of helmet and certain type of sticker.

Except that teh instruction to just about every helmet I've
seen (cycling and construction) say don't paint or put
stickers on. So, if you do and then some moron pillock
knocks you off and injures you, evil scumbag lawyer will
start crying contributory negligence, because you didn't
follow the manufacturers instructions for teh helemt.

Hence, irrespective of whether it will actually harm teh
helmet, you shouldn't paint or put stickers on them,
possibly unless the manufacturer of one or the other
specifically says otherwise, and that's rare 'cos they don't
want teh liability.

regards, Ian SMith
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elyob wrote:
>
> What about these animal ears you see people using on their
> motorcycle helmets nowadays?
>

Simple. Shoot them on sight.

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"elyob" <newsprofile@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What about these animal ears you see people using on their
> motorcycle helmets nowadays?
>
>

They use suction cups.

On Tue, 09 Mar, Richard Bates
<mail.sent.here.gets.deleted@cuddle.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> There was a time when if you looked up "Boring" in the
> Yellow Pages it referred you to "Civil Engineers".

I know. The ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) trumpeted
getting it removed as a great triumph. Personally, I thought
the fact it upset them just proved what a bunch of boring
old **** were running the ICE.

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Helen Deborah Vecht advised:
> I suggest getting a 'Halo' or Respro reflective headband.

I like my Halo, but it only increases visibility after dark.

To increase visibility during the day, a yellow helmet cover
might be in order. Of course, that will have the
disadvantage of covering the vents, making the helmet more
uncomfortable.

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"marc" <marccdimspamremovedimspamto
reply@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk> wrote

> In the 70's a new breed of motorcycle helmet appeared ,
> ones that were moulded from thermoplastic and were
> susceptible to stress cracks if they came into medium
> term contact with aromatic hydrocarbons such as petrol or
> thinners, or the petroleum based gums that were then
> quite common as adhesive for stickers, decals and labels.
> The warning was then issued not to paint or use stickers
> on them.

I think I read a similar warning recently about putting
clingfilm or something on (acrylic?)Caravan windows.
True or myth?

In article <c2ltmv$6ql$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>, AndyP@ajp100.freeserve.no-
spam.co.uk says...
> > In the 70's a new breed of motorcycle helmet appeared ,
> > ones that were moulded from thermoplastic and were
> > susceptible to stress cracks if they came into medium
> > term contact with aromatic hydrocarbons such as petrol
> > or thinners, or the petroleum based gums that were then
> > quite common as adhesive for stickers, decals and
> > labels. The warning was then issued not to paint or use
> > stickers on them.
>
> I think I read a similar warning recently about putting
> clingfilm or something on (acrylic?)Caravan windows. True
> or myth?
>
It's probably true that you saw it!