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A group composed of those members who wear or want to wear the traditional leather fire helmet!
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painting the leather

by Shawn "Wally" Weilamann

Nov 24, 2009

I have a 3 year old new yorker thats red, it hasnt seen to much duty and looks brand new no bubbles in the paint or flaking. Looking to find the best way to repaint the helmet, i need to paint her white for the new year and have heard nothing but horror stories about sending it back to have the factory do it. any thoughts or ideas would be great!

Wally
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    Shawn "Wally" Weilamann

    cool thanks for the help. yeah everything that i could find last night was for paint that was chipping, didnt know how to go about it with the paint in great shape. Where can the citrus strip be found? and whats your thoughts on maybe the use of the white primer cairns recommends? maybe that would help cover the red?

    Nov 24, 2009

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    Shawn "Wally" Weilamann

    cool thanks for your help im gonna try to get to it this weekend!!

    wally

    Nov 25, 2009

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    I used the orange citris environmentally safe stripper and it worked great. The citris stripper did not soften the leather or do any damage. Do small areas at a time. I stripped the old black paint to the natural leather and re-painted it flat black.

    Feb 1, 2010