Helmet Visor Care
 

Hi all,


what are you doing to take care of your helmet visors?

Just bought a new set for my SPH-5. The last ones did not last very long - the inner yellow one suddenly started to shed the film.

I used a soft scratch remover a few times and regular polishing wax.
Worked great until the film started to come off.


SO - what are YOU doing to keep the visors in like new shape?


Thanks for all tips and suggestions!


3top :cool:

Keep out of sunlight and always put the cover on after use .

In a helicopter cockpit?

Keep out of sunlight!!! .... good one!!


I was more refering to "How to clean/treat the visors? "

I destroyed one by using a wrong cleaning liquid - PC screen cleaner.
Probably contained amonia, which affected the film on the visors.

The manufacturer recommends to use only warm water and maybe a lite solution with liquid dish washing soap.

Before, I used scratch removers and car wax to keep them shiny and water repellent.

Is anyone using wax?

Maybe Carnauba or Zyme Creme or ????

Cheers,

3top :cool:

Just curious but where did you get the yellow visor film?

As for my visors, I used to use a small alcohol based medi wipe and quickly dry/remove excess with soft tissue. Never scratched or damaged anything.

I use either plastic windshield polish or plain soap and water, usually the latter. I use a microfiber cloth to clean those off. I'm still on my original visors. The main thing is to keep them clean, and not wipe them when there is dust on them. Use running water to remove the dust before you do anything else.

Guys,
thanks for all the replies!

Hedski, the visors have all some kind of film on them - one I destroyed with some liquid and it came off.
However I do not know of any films that one could apply oneself.
(You probably refer to throw-away films - race helmet style .....)

3top :cool:

The stuff that was used in the mil by our 'squippers' was Greygates Plastic Polish. I still have a bottle which went out of date a while ago. It works quite well on all but the deepest scratches. I've not come across a visor with a plastic film on it so not sure if it would be any good for that. Good for watches and mobile phones though.

Not sure if still available for sale - try a google.

I know it may sound goofy, but Lemon Pledge is as good as it gets for cleaning any thing plastic and will not harm.

Ron
advancedtailwheeltraining.com

For both my Gentex and moto shields, I use Plexus plastic polish with a small microfiber towel that I keep around just for that purpose (in other words, it's the one "rag" lying about that I won't use to wipe up coffee spills and such). When I don't have a can of Plexus available, Lemon Pledge works a treat as dillardrg says - with the added bonus of the scent masking the fact that my helmet liner likely needs a good wash.

Since aerosol cans have a distressing habit of inflating themselves in a somewhat dangerous fashion in heat, Pledge does make small self-sealing packets of wipes which are fantastic for keeping in a flight suit/helmet bag/moto tank bag.