Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Helmet Warning (cleaning)

[Tankgirl]

i recently took my helmet into bikestop to have posts drilled into my visor for tear offs. about a week later the visor cracked very badly & as im sure most people know, you can bend arai visors & even smash em with pogo sticks and they still stay in one piece...

well upon my return to bikestop, i was horrified to discover that my helmet was completely falling apart... i had cleaned it 3 or 4 times with 'cak remover' this summer which is a bike product so thought it would be fine. when shown the damage it had done i was horrified... the side panels which were badly cracked and the pegs that hold it in place were crumbling. the chin vent fell off when he pulled it and the open/close clip had fallen off about a week earlier. they explained that ANY products other that helmet cleaners arent good. so anyone that is using mr muscle, mr sheen, battery acid, dog saliva or any other dodgy household product (please refrain from doing so). U'll be suprised what people use, have even heard of a guy using WD40?!!!

maybe alot of you are already wise to this, but after speaking to a majority of my fellow biking buddies (whom all instantly set fire to bottles of mr muscle, hosed down there hemlets and nursed them in white fluffy towels for the rest of the evening)... it seems most of us are not.

luckily i managed to rescue my helmet with £45 worth of new parts, much better than the price of a new helmet...phew!

[Glyn]

havin done a bit of fishing in the past, i was aware that a lot of household cleaners could damage carbon and fiberglass
though i belive its ok to use wd40 as long as its not sprayed on direct. on to a rag first as the propelent is the bit you don't need

[Tankgirl]

yes, the guy in the shop mentioned something about 'propelent' and people applying things straight onto the helmet rather than onto a cloth first...

[nathanhu]

maybe that would explain why my upper air vet on my RX7 fell apart...
Doh.....

[TopiToo]

Hello

mild soppy water for me, but prefer a good down pour, to get the helmet and leathers clean, as this happened to me on Saturday afternoon.

maybe not the most practical I know . .

TopiToo

[Carbon749]

Warm water, no soap or anything, and a soft kitchen towel. Soak all the bug's etc leave it a while and wipe dry with kitchen towel.

[ducati dad]

Originally Posted by sj010

i recently took my helmet into bikestop to have posts drilled into my visor for tear offs. about a week later the visor cracked very badly & as im sure most people know, you can bend arai visors & even smash em with pogo sticks and they still stay in one piece...

well upon my return to bikestop, i was horrified to discover that my helmet was completely falling apart... i had cleaned it 3 or 4 times with 'cak remover' this summer which is a bike product so thought it would be fine. when shown the damage it had done i was horrified... the side panels which were badly cracked and the pegs that hold it in place were crumbling. the chin vent fell off when he pulled it and the open/close clip had fallen off about a week earlier. they explained that ANY products other that helmet cleaners arent good. so anyone that is using mr muscle, mr sheen, battery acid, dog saliva or any other dodgy household product (please refrain from doing so). U'll be suprised what people use, have even heard of a guy using WD40?!!!

maybe alot of you are already wise to this, but after speaking to a majority of my fellow biking buddies (whom all instantly set fire to bottles of mr muscle, hosed down there hemlets and nursed them in white fluffy towels for the rest of the evening)... it seems most of us are not.

luckily i managed to rescue my helmet with £45 worth of new parts, much better than the price of a new helmet...phew!

All ive ever used to clean my visor and lid is some vinegar on kitchen roll, cheap as chips.