HelmeT stickers

[niftysteve]

motorcycle helmets made from polycarbonate were affected by stickers or paint but fibreglass ones can be painted loads of the racers i know have there race helmets airbrushed with art

[Mark Bolam]

I wouldn't chance using stickers.

 

Better to burn your name in with a soldering iron or powerful acid instead, to be on the safe side.

 

[Rich2484]

Used to get a major rollicking for putting stickers on my hard hat an building sites, something to do with the visibility.

 

Dont suppose it matters with chainsaw helmets. Not sure about a huge limb stopping going into my head by a bit of plastic anyway.

 

Stickers are fine but look for waterbased,.

[Ian Leach]

The only issue i would see with stickers on a helmet would be on visual inspection of the helmet. The stickers might hide a default eg. hair line crack etc etc.

[Robert_S]

The sticker will just come your helmet in the shower, a tattoo might be better

 

Yeah, yeh I know I'm immature.

[scottythepinetree]

Surely stickers with a water based adhesive wil just come off on the first rainy day. Something big enough to crack a helmet slightly degraded by adhesive is going to cause you more problems than a cracked skull... I'm thinking broken neck maybe. IMO helmets are to stop you bumping your skull off of stuff, you're eyes are for making sure nothing big lands on your head.

[Ian Leach]

The sticker will just come your helmet in the shower, a tattoo might be better

 

Yeah, yeh I know I'm immature.

 

:biggrin: I was going to write that but i thought i'd put a sensible answer for a change.

[Robert_S]

Everyone will be the same Ian, I was sitting giggling like a barn so I had to post it:lol:

[Pedroski]

ah, yep, it was the early polycarb helmets that solvents didn't agree with. According to SNELL, polycarb has come a long way since the early days though and I'm not sure if this is still an issue or not. Most stickers for helmets and cars and stuff now use waterbased acrylic adhesives now anyway, as opposed to solvent based contact adhesives.

[Pedroski]

Surely stickers with a water based adhesive wil just come off on the first rainy day.

 

Not at all. Water based acrylic adhesives are what is used. You're probably thinking of flour and water like what we used as kids in the olden days!