A buddy of mine asked me to refurbish his mask for him. He was a huge Vancouver fan so I went with this design. It is a combination of Hydrodipping, masking, and painting. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Step 1: The Original Base White Mask

I gave it a light sanding with 200 grit paper. Then I cleaned it up with wax and grease remover.

Step 2: 1. Primer Coat

I know the base color was already white but I felt it was important to put a primer coat on for the rest of the paint to adhere to.

Step 3: Base Coat

I chose a nice light brown but one thing that makes hydrodipping very interesting is that it is mildly translucent. This makes it so you can pick any color you want and it will change the finished look of the piece.

Step 4: Wood Grain Hydrodip

As I was doing this alone, I needed both hands to do the dip so I do not have action pictures. But this is the final product after the dipping process. I used a straight grain wood grain pattern. There a few small holes in the pattern due to bubbles under the film so I used a copic marker that closely matched the color to fill them in. This made them virtually indistinguishable once the clear coat was put on. Patterns can be purchased online on a few different websites.

Quick dipping instructable:
- paint the object with a hard enamel paint (automotive paint works very well)
- get a suitable tank and fill with 95-100 degree water
- lay film on water for 1 minute
- spray with film activator

- press object through the liquid film

- rinse piece off of any sticky disolved film (ink pattern should stay adhered to the enamel paint)
- clearcoat to protect from damage

Step 5: White Layer

I masked off the area i wanted painted white and then covered the rest with plastic sheeting

Step 6: Green Layer

More masking. More fun.

Step 7: Blue Layer

masked off everything but the blue to protect all the hard progress so far from being painted on.

Step 8: Masking Taken Off

Ohhhhhh sweeet mercy that's good. Once all the masking has been taken off it gives a first look at a soon to be finished project.

Step 9: Vinyl Logo Stage

Admittedly this is not a painting step, but i wanted the logos to be perfect so I had a friend print out the logos I needed. This required some heating and stretching to get the vinyls to contour properly to the helmet. Once that was all done I threw a few coats of clear coat to keep them in place and protect the paint job.