Little Helmet Repair

[Spectre]

Soon after I completed my helmet I tried to strengthen the area with the mic tips (as the pull became very thin there) using ABS putty. Unfortunately my planning and execution were a bit...bad.

Long story short I ended up with the mic tips sealed into the helmet with about 5 - 7 mm of solid plastic under them. That and the putty melted the inner part of the recesses and was completed melded with them.

 

So not only did it look like felgercarb, but I could not get the tips out and they broke when I tried to pull them out.

 

This was the result after Comic Con, the trip home did a fair bit of damage...

 

 

Basically the mic tips were completely smashed to pieces and I ripped a hole in one recess of my helmet. The same thing was going to happen to the other side so I ended up drilling/sanding that out instead.

 

I repaired the main hole with this blue and yellow tape putty stuff and then covered it over with a layer of ABS putty to make it white again.

 

To fix the 'plug' I drilled it out with my dremel and sanded it down. Unfortunately that ripped a hole in that side too. So I just used electrical tape to cover the hole and then covered it with a layer of ABS putty too.

 

This was the result:

 

Once I put the mic tips back in it should be all good, then I should also be able to apply for EIB.

Edited January 23, 2021 by gmrhodes13
photo updated gmrhodes13 2021

[Sonnenschein]

WOW! Better than new!

[Spectre]

Haha thanks. Not quite, but once the tips are in you'll only know the difference from the inside.