Good Evening, I just bought this vintage 70s metallic flake helmet the other day. There was a big blast of yellow paint on it and some other scuffs, most of them are gone now. There are the surface scratches and scuffs left, they look manageable. There is a thick clear coat on this also, is it possible for me to buff this out? Is there a certain type of rubbing compound I should use? If anyone has any experience with this I would greatly appreciate your time, thanks! -Tristen
if this is actually evils helmet, i think i would leave as is. it would be pretty cool to know that his melon was saved by the helmet, and theres scratch to prove it.
I'd try one of the headlight buffing kits used on modern day cars headlights. I do that service at our shop and it gets pretty damned clear on those lenses and they are plastic. It's the same as color sanding but on a more micro finish scale. It goes in stages from rough to fine, finishing with a polish.
i'm not so sure about Evil Knievel , but that looks a lot like the helmet that Peter Fonda wore in Easy Rider
yup i was going to say captain america helmet also , also if it was worn by evil i would think restoration would make it non original finish there fore wrecking the evil value
Check jockey journal. They aren't exactly common, but not uber rare either. I doubt it's Elvis' or Evil's helmet, lol. Cool nonetheless. I would sand with 600 grit being very careful not to get into the flake and re-clear it if you wanted to "restore" it. But if it was mine, I'd rock it just exactly like it is. No sense in risking f'ing up a cool helmet if you don't know what you're doing. And no offense intended, but I can only ***ume you don't know what you're doing since you're asking. I'm sure others will be along with more detailed info. ***EDITED TO ADD*** Is the original lining in it? Is there a label? What's it say?
Here is why I said Evil, this is not my sale, ebay item number to a t-shirt. Check it out. 180410199631
Well thats a gimmick shirt,,They are'nt that rare the rebel flag ones are hard to come by,,They have been around since teh 60's think they stopped in the 80's..you can polish them but be careful don't high speed try to buff it neat score though
It would be safe to ***ume that, yes lol. I like the new polished look and I am handy, I thought if it would be easy enough to pick up on that I would practice on a **** one and move onto this one. Just to clear this up it is not Evil's helmet or no way in hell I would be touching it. I certainly know my antiques and collectibles. I appreciate the blunt honesty though, if it is not that easy to do. Will just buffing with some compound or polish take any of those scratches out? I should have taken a photo of it before I cleaned it. It was gone when I got it. The sticker residue was all that was left on the back so no i.d. there. Also the inside is taken out down to the foam. It is actually in nice shape. The insides almost always have to be replaced in these older helmets anyhow has been my experience with them. And heck $5 bucks and a few hours of hard rubbing seems like a steal now. Also under the new tag of the "Easyrider," that is a dead lock there.
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