Thanks to Rocketry...

I have a blue plastic hard hat that I need once in a while for my job. I'm about to go to a new work site where they will require a white hard hat. Thanks to rocketry, I have the know-how and materials to paint my hat white and do a good job of it. (Yes, my employer would have paid for a new white hat, but I hate wasting money like that, even when it's not my money.)

Yea what Wayco says is true. Once you modify that hard had, it probably won't even meet ANSI standards. I know my employer wouldn't approve. Get a new one!

They gave me a new plastic hat at one place I worked. I hated it because it was so uncomfortable. I got my grandpa's old aluminum wide brim hat and painted it blue. The company let me wear it because it was better than the plastic ones and I had others in the plant offer me a hundred for it...I turned them down

Wear their helmet; companies can attempt to absolve themselves of liability should injury occur.

Wayco said:

Thanks to Rocketry, I know that some plastics react to the solvents in some paints and lose their strength. Maybe a new hard hat would be a good alternative.

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LOL

And I've heard that plastic hard hats have a shelf life, and must be replaced every few years..

Polymers can (and typically do) degrade over time, depending on environmental conditions. And they'll do it in ways that are not visible to the naked eye...but ARE "visible" to a falling brick, or worse.

The nominal lifetime is 5 years, although it's probably longer if the hat is kept out of the sun. I believe ozone is also bad for plastic, so keeping it inside isn't the only solution. It's a bummer I had to replace mine, because I got no stickers anymore and the bright shiny white hat makes me look like a newbie. On the plus side, it has a full brim so it doesn't dump rainwater down the back of my collar quite as much.

A hard hat is cheap insurance, and not worth skimping on.

Thanks (in part) to rocketry, I lost a fiance.

Thanks to rocketry, I didn't gain an ex-wife.

K'Tesh said:

Thanks (in part) to rocketry, I lost a fiance.

Thanks to rocketry, I didn't gain an ex-wife.

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I think you mean "fiancee," unless he was male.

Bat-mite said:

I think you mean "fiancee," unless he was male.

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I had to go and look that up... I never heard of the other spelling (with two "e"s)...

From Wikipedia:

She was very much a female. I still think about what could have been, but I know now (and suspected back then) that our relationship was doomed.

Still....

Bat-mite said:

Still....

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Ok... It's too late for this thread, but I'll note it for future use... However, the next time it might be more properly "spelled" as "未婚妻" which would make me the "未婚夫" and that would be quite a difference.

jqavins said:

Thanks to rocketry, I have the know-how and materials to paint my hat white and do a good job of it.

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So did you do a base primer coat, fill the seams, sand, do multiple main coats, decal and then clear coat?

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:y:

KenECoyote said:

So did you do a base primer coat, fill the seams, sand, do multiple main coats, decal and then clear coat?

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Forgot about the fillets... lol

Don't forget the Future mixed with Simple Green.....

jd2cylman said:

Don't forget the Future mixed with Simple Green.....

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This does not sound to good... I suppose there is a 36-page thread on this forum somewhere documenting the horrors of such a concoction(?)

Just use stickershock vinyl

I wonder what size motor you need to get the helmet airborne... :wink: