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Question on filling in the seam on helmet


EdwinG

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Working on the SC helmet, trying to fill in the seam.  Let it sit over night and now sand it down a bit.

Seem like I have some uneven spots, not sure if I should try and filling in some more.

 

How many times have you guys had to fill in/ work with the seam to make it look one piece?

 

This is the 2nd helmet I have, wanted to try and make it level two.  Is it really that bad?.  Running out of the paste. 

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Hey bud, your photos aren't displaying. You might want to try hosting them on flickr or imgur or a similar site.

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1 hour ago, Chopper said:

Hey bud, your photos aren't displaying. You might want to try hosting them on flickr or imgur or a similar site.

Thx for the info, I could see it so I didn't know.  Trying to share from google hope it works

 

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Hey Edwin, I can see the photos now, thanks. What are you using as a gap filler, ABS paste? Were you intending to paint it after finishing the filler?

From where you are right now, you can probably start sanding the excess filler down using a sanding block and some 220 grit sandpaper. From there you can move to higher grit sandpaper, like 600 and 800 to smooth it out.

Assuming you're intending to paint the helmet afterwards, you can spray one or two passes of Rusto Gray Filler Primer on the seam, which should take care of some of the unevenness, as you sand it down.

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4 hours ago, Chopper said:

Hey Edwin, I can see the photos now, thanks. What are you using as a gap filler, ABS paste? Were you intending to paint it after finishing the filler?

From where you are right now, you can probably start sanding the excess filler down using a sanding block and some 220 grit sandpaper. From there you can move to higher grit sandpaper, like 600 and 800 to smooth it out.

Assuming you're intending to paint the helmet afterwards, you can spray one or two passes of Rusto Gray Filler Primer on the seam, which should take care of some of the unevenness, as you sand it down.

Actually, I really didn't want to have to paint it, that's why I try working with the ABS paste.  The color doesn't really look bad to me but I do have a lot of smoothing to do.  I added some more ABS paste to try and fill some of the indents and hopefully even it out better.  I'll take another picture once I sand it down some.  I need to get me some higher grit sandpaper, all I got is 100 and 200 right now.  Another trip to the hardware store. 

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Yeah, if you're not intending on painting it then you're definitely going to need higher grits than 100 and 200. Those will work fine for the bulk work, but to make it all look seamless, then you'll need to get into the higher grit levels for smoothing and polishing.

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