Tuesday, February 28, 2012

New Goggle Project

I started a new set of the larger goggles for Steampunking recently.  My partner picked this set up at a local hardware store because finding the cup style seems next to near impossible at times.
These are a little different from the style of the pair that I modified for myself because the front does not flip up and there is a plastic rivet holding the flexible section to the hard plastic lens frame.  Taken apart it looks like this.
And probably one of the most interesting things about these goggles is the different sort of air vents all around the body of the flexible mask.  They have a strange appearance when faced forward so I think the best thing is just to paint them a lighter color than the rest and not do much more to them.
I sanded everything down including the entire mask to see if this will help the paint to grip better and not feel sticky later on.  The fusion paint is supposed to adhere more strongly to plastic and then sealing everything with clear coat seems as if it would prevent the tacky sensation that is still on my Excelsior goggles.

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