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Stickers on Helmets

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Big.Bird
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How do you get a square sticker on to a curved helmet without air bubbles? i cant get it without them +k for help
Nov 16 2011 9:47PM
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TM_LoCo
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Put One straight edge on first then just keep slidding your thumb across the same edge and work your way down and no air bubbles baby!!!!!!
Nov 16 2011 9:49PM
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k-fred
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buy a square helmet.

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Nov 16 2011 9:50PM
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holy.shep
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hair dryer/credit card
Nov 16 2011 9:54PM
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Bread_Fish
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I garuntee this will work, cut straight lines in the stickers, the fold the lines over each other to get no gaps.
Nov 16 2011 9:59PM
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Big.Bird
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just have the dryer aimed at the sticker as u put it on?
Nov 16 2011 10:03PM
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Bender.
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This x200.
Nov 16 2011 10:06PM
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james6345789
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this sounds like the most doable one.
Nov 16 2011 10:37PM
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ski4freee
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Hair dryer and something sharp to cut with
as your putting it on use the hair dryer and it will help alot. I bet you will still have like wrinkles in it though so imo if you cut the sticker right at the spot of the wrinkle and put one side on top of the other it looks pretty good. DON'T RUSH
Nov 17 2011 12:12AM
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Randy_Quench
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keep your stickers on the bottom edge of your helmet where it is more flat. there is no way (hairdryer/credit card) to get a square sticker on the curve of a helmet. you will inevitably fail every time. I suggest letting some of the sticker hang off the helmet and then use a razorblade to cut off the excess sticker to give it a wrap around clean look.
Nov 17 2011 12:26AM
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SickJib_Brit
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My mom showed me how to put the diecuts on a rounded surface(Works at a sign shop). Put the middle of diecut/sticker down first then move from the middle out to the sides pushing the air bubbles out with your nail or finger, there might be miniscule bubbles left but very hard to notice and somtimes work their way out by themselves.
Nov 17 2011 12:34AM
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.Ian.
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Ok this is kind of relevant to this thread. I don't know where else to ask this though, so here seems logical. I just watched Weight and noticed that Nick Martini puts a sticker on his ski and then uses a lighter and runs it over the sticker a few times. What is that doing? I wondered if it makes the stickers stick better or something that's all.
Nov 17 2011 12:35AM
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Billek
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It makes the sticker material malleable so it's able to conform to the curved surface of the helmet.
Nov 17 2011 1:20AM
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peyton
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^^ he is "melting" the sticker on.. sticks way better. and to get the air bubbles out just poke them with a razor blade.. like what you do with grip tape on a skateboard.
Nov 17 2011 1:25AM
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k-fred
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he said ''on his ski'' not on his helmet.but yeah, like the guy said above, it just stick better.
Nov 17 2011 8:25AM
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.Ian.
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Alright thanks guys! Definitely trying that out now! haha
Nov 17 2011 8:31AM
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oil.
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lol. this
Nov 17 2011 8:48AM
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