Forgive me for being so lax about writing these last few weeks. I finally did what my Dr. advised me to do, I rested . I am not good at resting and even while recovering from my surgery I found things to do that kept the mind active but the body safely still. One of those projects was a to make my 26-year-old son a Minion welding helmet. He had seen them on-line and wanted one but was not able to afford the 175 dollar price tag. So he asked me if I could make something close to this.
I knew it would only take a couple of days and would look wonderful when finished. So while the weather was nice I took the old welding hood and washed any oil and dirt off. I ruffed up the old paint with a scratch pad and sprayed on a couple of coats of bright yellow spray paint.
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The details were painted with artist quality acrylic paint. The hood lens frame was painted after removing the making tape. Then I let the whole thing dry over night. The following day I masked off the black strap lines and added hair.I used a Sharpy black marker to block out the areas for the teeth and tong. Then painted in the details on the face.
the eye-ball is actually painted onto a clear hood lens that can be removed at any time and replaces the blue/green lens that my son actually uses when working with his welding torches. The eye can be reversed so that it appears to be looking upwards. Then I applied two coats of acrylic top coat to the paint. Let everything dry a couple of days and gave it to my son for his 26th birthday. He seems to really like it and I think the other guys at work will no longer mix his hood up with theirs!
Hilarious! And sooo creative!
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It is funny isn’t it ….. what we do for for our Kids!
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That came out so nice, JoLynn. Good job! He must be happy that, even at 26, his mom is willing to help.
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It was fun to make something for my older son, usually it little one gets all to cool stuff I make!
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Ha ha…that’s awesome!! Tina
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Thanks Tina it seems we never out grow making things for the Kids!
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Mountain Mama,
This is so great, and as mothers do what ever is needed from love, a good job.
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Thanks Connie, it was fun to make and your are correct about all the love for our kids
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good work and very different….
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 4:42 PM, West Virginia Mountain Mama wrote:
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Thank you!
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