pro tip, blow the cork off of your hand to get the sides nice and even.

One of the biggest problems with refinishing helmets is the cork. It's almost always too coarse and it's clumped up too much. Take your cork, put it into a heavy plastic bag and beat the crap out of it with something heavy. Squish it with something heavy and grind it to about half the size you think it should be. It should almost be a regular sugar grain size. trust me, paint will build it up to a bigger size as you see here. Blowing it on with canned air from a distance of about a foot or so will give you a more even coat.

Good job. One of the better cork and paint jobs I've seen. Well done.

To be a truly Navy painted helmet, use too much paint and slop in on in a careless manner. Use a brush that's too big and leave lots of runs and brush strokes. Make sure to get some on the chinstraps, too.

what kind of chip/ grain/ powder you scatter on it?

Back then lead paint was king they would throw these in the oven to cook after painting and corking

Who and how did the chin strap get put on?

Col bogey?😳 I've heard of a jalapeno on a stick!🤪 Lowe's latex paint, interesting as I prefer lacquer paint.🙄 Jman

where do you get paint for these in Canada? I cant find anything.

Way to heavy on the cork

Woo,

Do you know any place to get a real ww2 m1 helmet?

2nd

is there a name for the shade of blue?

Are you wearing a white long sleeve shirt? Oh....