Re: We are helmet painting failures~~Ken

September 2, 2002

Ken,

I used Modge Podge for my artwork. It was the greatest thing I found

as NOTHING else worked for me. I even was able to apply that

crinkly " banner " stuff that said Happy Birthday when it was Max's

birthday last summer. I'll attach some photos in a minute of

my " artwork " so you can see what I was able to accomoplish. I found

it at 's Artists Supply. They are pretty much nation-wide and

if you cannot find a store near you, I'm sure someone (including me)

will be happy to get some to you.

Don't give up, Ken. It took me like 4 rounds of stickers to get

something to stick. And then I saw the Rosie show and that is what

made the lightbulb go off in my head.

& Maxwell Hart

Omaha, NE (used to be in SF, Ca)

> Grrrrr..

>

> All I wanted to do was have a nice helmet for my little boy. Well

> after $70 is painting supplies we have called it quits. We have

> tried everything suggested on this board and elsewhere to no

avail.

> Paint will not stick to the helmet. Our latest attempt involved

> lightly sanding the helmet, painting 3 coats of water-based craft

> paint, applying stickers..then applying a water-based polyurethane

> top coat, which took off all 3 coats of paint. Now we have a

> scratched up extremely dingy looking helmet. I think we would have

> been much better off not even trying. It didn't look half bad in

> institutional white. I have a feeling my insurance company isn't

> going to pay for a second helmet, so I guess we're stuck with it.

>

> At least he doesn't seem to care what it looks like.

>

> Ken

> Zack and Zoey's dad

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