Luftwaffe Helmet restoration !

[Normandie]

I bought this Luftwaffe Helmet to for restoration reasons, probebly going to be hard, and I might ruin it.. so if you guys have any ideas, or tips I would love to hear them!

Thank you guys, and enjoy these pictures of a German Luftwaffe helmet with a lot of paint on..

[ObKrieger]

Leave it alone, it's fine the way it is!

[VolksJager]

My sentiments exactly. Leave it as is.

Jason

[Danmark]

I'm sure with a magnifying headseat and a scalpel you COULD flake off all the bits of yellow enamel - thats the forensic way to do it - but you may probably go mad in the process as it's HUGE amount of work.

Thats how I "deflaked" a Luftschutz hand siren and it ONLY took about a week .... :-)

[Normandie]

Well, it's going to have yellow dots on the value to me and the market ain't hight, I'll rather try to remove a few stains.. maybe not from the decal though.

[Normandie]

And I paid $270, so I don't think it's too bad
I like it, but I want to remove a little bit atleast

[KradSpam]

I remember this one, I thought it might be bad. Shame on me.

It could turn out nice. Q tips, acetone, lots of time good luck and keep us posted.

[KradSpam]

I'm sure with a magnifying headseat and a scalpel you COULD flake off all the bits of yellow enamel - thats the forensic way to do it - but you may probably go mad in the process as it's HUGE amount of work.

Thats how I "deflaked" a Luftschutz hand siren and it ONLY took about a week .... :-)

That's a good idea, less risky than chemicals.

I agree with the 'leave it as it is' comments usually guys, but there is not much to lose here since it's already been 95% stripped of the yellow. Just my opinion.

[AMTG]

I'd be tempted to leave it, there's enough of the original paint, and the bits of yellow also show its history post war.

You got a nice helmet there with a bit of history to it!!

[Normandie]

Thank you guys, yeah I think I'll take the scapel and try it out, anything I can do with the inside? The same there? =P