Helmet Painting - How to spray paint a Black Helmet with White Paint
The end result really does look remarkably good
My original black S1 helmet
I purchased a Black Schuberth S1 Helmet to match my Tiger 955i.  When I changed to a white Tiger 1050 I did not want
to pay an extra £440 for a new matching S1 helmet Eeek!.  I searched the WWW and found
Krylon Fusion paint
specially formulated to spray directly on to any kind of plastic without a primer
.  Krylon claims to be perfectly safe for
spraying crash helmets.  I masked the helmet off and lightly sanded the black finish with fine 3200 wet and dry.  I then
applied 3 light dusting coats of white paint about 2 minutes apart.  This effectively primed the helmet.  I then applied 3
thicker top coats 15 minutes apart.  The end result is almost perfect.  Fusion paint is a delight to use, it does not run or
splutter, the spray nozzle is designed to give a decent vertical fan and the resulting finish is very smooth.  It covered my
gloss back helmet, the matt back ventilation mouldings.  I put the painted helmet away in the airing cupboard for a week
to harden off.   I then added some reflective stickers.

Fusion Paint is available in about 20 different Colours, I used White Gloss which nearly matches my Tiger.  

When I ride to work in London I wear a fluorescent over jacket.  This coupled with riding a White Tiger and White Helmet
means most motorists give me plenty of respect (After you Officer!).  They pull over to let me cruise past.  I also have
blue and yellow reflective strips on my Handguards and panniers.  Anything to ensure safer biking on the daily trudge to
work.
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