There couldn’t be a fun activity than customizing your own look of your helmet. Motorcyclists likes to change the appearance of the helmet to match their style and the colour of their motorcycle.

In this how-to guide, there are two step by step instructions on how to paint a motorcycle helmet.

This guide on how to paint a motorcycle helmet will acquire you to handle with care and enjoy the design process in however you like!

Materials needed:

• Different colours of spray paints
• Paintbrushes
• An old shirt or a raincoat
• A pencil
• A marker
• Acrylic paints of different colours
• Clear coating spray
• A masking tape
• 400 grit sandpaper

Spray Paints:

1. Be prepare to wear an old shirt to avoid stains onto your clothes. Do wear a pair of latex gloves as the spray paint contains toxic chemicals.Do wear the spraying mask as well.
2. Cover your work station with a thin sheet of paper to protect your work station with paint stains.
3. Removeunwanted stickers except for the safety standard stamp and dismantle the helmet by removing visors, screws, inner liner, padding and others.
4. Use a metal or wood stand to put the helmet on top to spray the headwear easily.
5. Lightly wet sand the surface by using a 400 grit sandpaper to even out the surface of the helmet.
6. Use a pencil and start drawing your own designs and cut them out.
7. Tape off any parts of the helmet that you do not want to paint. As well as the parts of the helmet you want to keep as the base colour.
8. Once you have finished taping your designs, apply the base colour of spray paint. It may require 2-3 coats. Then allow it to dry for 20 minutes.

Note: Do not over dry as this would weaken the exterior of the helmet.

• Then begin taping off your second colour. Again this may require to draw and cutting out your own designs.
• Once you are finished with taping off, spray with a different colour in light coats. This may take 2-3 coats. Then allow to be completely dry.
• After it is dry, remove the tape in any areas you want the colours to fade together.
• Once the colours have faded together, remove the remaining tape. Then apply the clear coat and allow it to dry.

Acrylic Paints:

1. Remove unwanted stickers and dismantle the helmet by removing visors, vents, face shield, internal padding and others. If you own a full face or dirt bike helmet, remove vents and face shields.
2. Spread your surface with a clean sheet. To protect yourself from getting acrylic paint onto your skin, wear gloves and an old t-shirt.
3. Paint the helmet’s surface with the choice of your acrylic paint. Use the paintbrush to paint only the areas you want to draw.
4. Use a pencil to draw your designs on the painted motorcycle helmet. You have to wait for the paint to be completely dry.
5. Paint your designs as many layers as you want. It is better to paint the new layer once the old layer is dry.
6. Use a marker to redraw the design in order to make it visible. Then leave the overall paint to dry.
7. Once it’s dry, reassemble the parts of the painted motorcycle helmet.
8. Your acrylic painted helmet is now done!

So here are the two methods on how to paint a motorcycle helmet. You can see these two methods requires patience and effort to turn from a boring plain colour to an excited customized design. Choose one of these methods and utilize the appearance in however you like!