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>> No. 3907 Anonymous
18th July 2015
Saturday 9:53 pm
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Is it safe to do glycolic acid peels on your helmet?

The top of my helmet has been left with a kind of grey tinge from a fungal infection I had years ago. I've been thinking of trying an acid peel to pink it up. Is this a bad idea?
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>> No. 3908 Anonymous
18th July 2015
Saturday 10:26 pm
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You should never clean your helmet with any harsh chemicals or solvents. If you do this it may look perfectly fine afterwards, but can fail on you when you need it most.


Glycolic acid will do fuck all anyway. It's only removing the top layer of dead skin (which is falling off and being replaced daily naturally). Even if it does improve it, it'll be grey again within a couple of days anyway.
Also, your helmet isn't skin, it's a mucosal membrane, it's unlikely to respond to a peel in the same way as the skin on your face.
>> No. 3909 Anonymous
18th July 2015
Saturday 11:34 pm
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>>3908

Also, don't apply any stickers to your helmet, don't leave it out in the sun and replace it every five years.

Seriously, I'd try moisturiser and a mild exfoliating wash before doing anything drastic. I think glycolic acid would burn like hell, especially if it goes down your jap's eye.
>> No. 3910 Anonymous
19th July 2015
Sunday 1:04 am
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Just leave the grey tinge, mate, it will probably look real refined to some.
>> No. 3911 Anonymous
19th July 2015
Sunday 2:29 am
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I'm gonna try it anyway. I'll post results in a few weeks.
>> No. 3954 Anonymous
31st August 2015
Monday 4:18 pm
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>>3911
I wonder if the coroner has yet recorded a verdict of "misadventure".
>> No. 3955 Anonymous
31st August 2015
Monday 4:22 pm
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>>3954
We'll surely be able to grab him a Darwin Award if he survived.

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