Adrian M26 helmet - treated with wax?
Article about: Hi, Have had this helmet a while. It was sold to me as a helmet which had seen Belgian service and it had a Belgian badge. Looking at it yesterday I realised that it was a French made helmet
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Interesting bit of detective work. If the helmet has been waxed then some white spirit should remove it. I would suggest trying a very small area first, don't be tempted to put any over the Polish insignia.
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Hello,
Nice helmet.
I guess they just put oïl (W40 or 3 in 1) on top to prévente the corrosion.
I would first start with water and soap. No risk.
If not enough alcool wouldl fit. I prefer neutral alcool to white spirit as they have additive in it.
As mentioned before, alway best to test on an iden part before
Bruno
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Thanks for the input on this helmet. I decided in the end that it was a coat of varnish. My conjecture is that some muppet (I am guessing here in the UK) some years ago must have decided the helmet would be more valuable with a badge on it, so affixed an original WW1 Belgian lion. Then to make the rust patches less obvious put on a coat of varnish over the whole helmet.
Shortly after my original post I had a go with white spirit which took some of the varnish off and at least toned down the badge shape somewhat. I only did a few light rubs in the end as I decided to play safe and stop. Of course I kept away from the Polish eagle. I am reasonably happy with the result but was not able to get back to the untouched colour around the eagle.
Cheers,
Tony
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Nice. Any photo of the results?
Best
Bruno
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Hello Tony
Very nice result. I will definitively consider this now.
And very nice helmet too
Congrats for both of these
Bruno
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