How to make a visor for your Helmet

[assumeivan]

Industrial Plastic Supply, Inc. -- Polycarbonate Sheet Polycarbonate, Lexan®, Sheet & Rod

Definitely order from there. I would get the 1/32" or the 1/30", thin enough to cut and shape (without heat), but still strong enough to do what face shields are supposed to do. Just make your own template like mksuen said, which shouldn't take more than 10 minutes, and just trace it out onto the sheet.

[dragginhands]

Mksuen my man, that is a beautiful set of instructions. im going to hit it up soon as i can.

one question (to anyone), how can i get my hands on some reflective tint? is there even such a thing? i'd prefer it to not darken my view if possible. I just have this thing about sunglasses and stuff about people not being able to see my eyes. creepy, i know. but thats just my style.

[assumeivan]

Find your local tint shop and just ask for some scrap tint, if they're cool enough about it they'll give you a couple sheets (ask if they have reflective).

[Harry]

ive been looking around and i cant find any polycarb for purchase under 4' x 8' size. Does anyone know of a store that carries it, im in calgary canada but where have you guys found it? id rather go out and buy it as opposed to ordering online.

[neuros]

I don't know if you have Utrecht or Blick (art stores) up there but most serious art shops should carry lexan in the desired thicknesses. Architecture (amongst other) students use it quite often, so that would be a good bet.

[assumeivan]

Still one of the best How To threads on SF..

Can a mod sticky this?


OMGZ KONRET KAHUNA!!

[Daniel M.]

Does anyone have any experience making these out of thicker polycarb by using heat? I'm interested in making a thicker one that'll stay bent in place you know?

I remember reading something about heating it up in the oven and then dropping it over your helmet, anyone got any info?

[Phosphorus]

Max, my shield keeps on foggin up. is there any way to fix it?

A few tricks divers use to stop their masks from fogging up (all methods applied to the inside of the visor/mask):

Spit on the visor, rub it in, rinse with water without rubbing. ( a thin layer of starch from your spit will remain on the visor that prevents fogging.)

Toothpaste, soap, shaving cream, shampoo... rub it in, rinse with water without rubbing. (a strong minty toothpaste might burn a bit in your eyes.)

Anti Fog drops, available in most sports shops and all dive shops.

All methods work well for a few hours but arent permenant solutions and will have to be repeated regularly.

A permanent solution that also works well is using a double visor. (2 visors above each other leaving a small gap in between. The visor fogs up mainly because of the temperature difference between both sides of the visor, warm inside cause of body heat and cool outside cause of weather, wind chill. This will make the temp of the visor lower than the air temp in the helmet so the humidity in the air will condense on the visor and fog up. So with 2 Visors the inner visor will have the same temp on both sides and not fog up, since both sides are inside the helmet. Why the inside of the outer visor doesnt fog up I dont know but it works really well with my ski goggles.)

My ski goggles have an outer "visor" that would be like the one presented here and a slightly smaller visor glued to the inside with some foam paddings to keep the distance (visor, glue, foam padding, glue, visor).

Another method but not really a do it your self solution is good ventilation.

One more thing that might not apply to home made visors: A new dive mask always fogs up a lot more than an old one because a layer of something is on the mask after production. A new mask should always be scrubbed and cleaned (with a non abrasive cloth) on the inside before first use.

Hope this helps.

[SlyTX]

Alright I got some 1/16" clear lexan from a plastic place. First off, this #### was too thick to meant to be cut with scissors, but I got it to anyways. I cut out the plastic in the shape of the template of my helmet, but it was all jagged so I got a dremmel tool to shave it down. Well shaving the plastic put billions upon billions of little plastic dust particles into my garage and all over me and in my eyes, was not fun. It also doesnt bend very well. The plastic should probably be thinner than 1/16, and 1/32 like the OP says. After I FINALLY got my visor cut out and fit into my helmet (which still looks half ass btw), I tried the tinting. I got some auto tint from auto zone. Well I just cant get it to go onto the visor with a clean result. Theres maaaaad bubbles every where and I cant smooth them out no matter how I try they just wont go away. So I think Im givin up on this face shield, Im not cutting out anymore plastic of this lexan material and the tint is pissin me off. Anyone wanna make a face shielf for my 661 full comp? Ill pay. Or know where I can get a professionaly made faceshield thats tinted online thatll fit my 661 helmet?

[me!]

alright so i did my azonic fury with this face sheild
put one of those reflective window tints thats supposed to be good for heat or something

becareful when you unpeel the tint, if it adheres unto its self its damn annoying
make sure you have your tint be bigger than the actual face sheild, it makes putting it on a lot easier

it works pretty well
however i tend to breathe through the mouth in a tuck so it fogs a little
any solutions?
other than breathe though nose

[Ogre]

it works pretty well
however i tend to breathe through the mouth in a tuck so it fogs a little
any solutions?
other than breathe though nose

Get some "Cat Crap" works great

http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/motor...isor-anti-fog/

[me!]

here it is

[Largeboarder]

I saw a visor on my friend's Charly that never got blurred,you could breath on it as much as you wanted,never got blurred.

Is there anything special on this visor? I tried to apply an anti-blur spray,but it didn't make any effect.

[mattyoaks]

[QUOTE=mksuen;724066]

Sorry for dredging this post up-

Has anyone done this and can give me the distance between the holes? Just so I can scale it up to the right size... Gonna try do this accurately

ta

)sorry for double post(

[boarders mom]

1 - get a pop bottle

2 - get a pair of scissors

3 - get a sharpie

4 - trace the helmet opening with sharpie

5 - cut with pair of scissors

what is confusing you?

Be nice Ward. Not everyone is as epic as you, especially at 14.

[EBasil]

This is one the best How-To threads we've got, so I cleaned it up a little today and now have the following related link:

PUTTING A FACE SHIELD ON A BELL DROP

[Obey]

sorry to bump this but can someone give me the link to a better way to put on the visor to my helmet? please and thanks :]

[quuz]

I just got a small sheet of polycarbonate. ALl though its 2mm thick ( between 1/12 and 1/13") Do you think its to thick? It takes some force to bend it around the helmet. Maybe it will shatter because of the thickness and the fact that it takes som force to bend?

[sam12513]

hey great instructions but i was just wondering if you guys think i would be better off using the polycarb or a motorbike helmet visor? thanks

[paintskater925]

[QUOTE=me!;1297332736]here it is

[QUOTE]

You should cut it out, it will look nicer.