Cleaned bearings, finished helmet, possible start on the Airstream

I never posted my finished helmet. Her she is. Ain't she shiny?

I'm pretty happy that Jayne Snobb is ALIVE! Now I just need to get better gear. I'm skating on some Ridel R3's but I'm starting to save up for new skates, harder wheels and some bearings. I did clean my Bones Redz the other day, and that made them roll a tad better. I just can't shell out for $50 bearing right now. Here is what I did. First, I used a TON of Tri Flow. This cleaned all the dirt gunk out. It wasn't ideal, but it worked. After getting the oil and junk off the outside of the bearing I put speed cream in them. I put the red covers back on them, and put them back in the wheels. Voila!

I am basically hoping this will get me one more month with them. I bought these back in September. It is now November, but I skate on them 5 times a week, so maybe that is why they aren't working so well.

I mentioned wanting new wheels. I actually have some GREAT wheels. I'm using the reckless envy 62 mm. These don't have a lip, and I wish they did. I also want to use them with some hard wheels.

I do like them though. I'm taking suggestions for hard wheels to add to these on my skates. As for skates. I'm thinking Antiks, but I need to do a ton of research about them. Since they cost so much money, I'm going to take my time on them. I mostly want plates that have that screw to keep my toe stop from coming unscrewed. I'm so sick of those toe stops coming undone.

AIRSTREAM...
I mean you may have come here for that. Maybe I'm wrong. I am hoping to rip a hole in the floor this week. Sounds funny, huh? "Gee, I can't wait to rip a hole in my vintage travel trailer." Anyhow. I can't wait to start. I'm just busy and broke.

I am going to try to rip the beds out of the bedroom tonight or Friday?

SAM (the mustang)...
He needs a new clutch. I can smell it burning. NOT a good thing. Really. That smell is not a good thing.

OK, I will keep you posted.

Derby Helmet

This is that post that about derby I mentioned might be talked about. My derby name was approved last week. I am now "Jayne Snobb," after Jayne Cobb from" Firefly" and "Serenity".

 

Well, This means I needed to have that stocking hat for my helmet, RIGHT? Right. I knew you would agree. Here is how we did it. Firstly, I used 400 grit sand paper to scuff up the outside of the green helmet.

I forgot to photograph the B4 Helmet. So sand paper is all you get. After I sanded it down, we washed the helmet and let it dry. I put on rubber gloves to keep the oils from my fingers from ruining the paint when it goes on the helmet. We did a base coat of the yellow, but I we realized there was a lip where the "tripple eight" logo on the back was. To fix this we used lighter fluid to remove the logo.

I wish we I had thought about this before we started painting it. Use a light coat of paint. EVERY TIME. A thick coat and you get runs. The paint we used was valspar paint for plastic. It was great. Use this. I liked the satin finish, but they had glossy.

We did 3 coats of yellow base coat.

Then, after 8-10 hours I taped off the area that I wanted to remain yellow with paper and painters tape and we gave the orange 2-3 coats of orange.

After 8-10 hours I began painting the knitting stitches with the acrylic gauche that you saw in the photo of paints above.

After about 6 hours I finally finished the stitches.

We then used the high heat top coat as seen in the photo earlier and put 4 coats of clear coat.

I'm going to take that sand paper and wet it. Then hit the helmet again. This will get the ridges from the guache out of it. Then, respray the top coat once or twice. That should be it. Hope this helps with anyone who wants to paint their helmet.