Those who have read my blog have noticed I like selling Oregon Duck items. Why? Because they are rare and go for big money. If you happened to watch the Rose Bowl game this year it was between Oregon and Wisconsin. Oregon being know for uniform changes came out with their craziest Helmet yet. The hand "Dipped" helmet it a Liquid Chrome design. This helmet was crazy. It was chrome in the sunlight and a shinning black and night. After Oregon won this helmet was the " Must Have" for Oregon fans. One showed up on eBay going for over $1400 but never hit the reserve price. Oregon then put a waitlist out for these helmet for $1000 for full size and $150 for a mini helmet that would be available in March.
I figured what not make some Hand Made replicas for those people who couldn't wait. I love crafts and making things I figured this wouldn't be to hard. Not having alot of money I figured I would make some Mini Helmets. These are the helmets that are about 5 inches tall. So I went to eBay. I found the cheapest mini helmet I could find which where some Texas Tech Helmets. I bought 4 of them for $63 dollars including shipping. I then went to PepBoys and bought some Black Chrome spray paint and a can of Chrome spray paint. This costed me about $20. I thin decided it would be easier to do a chrome wrap on them so I ordered a couple feet of Chrome Vinyl wrap off of eBay for $25 bucks. Then the fun part, Craft Night.
I first stripped down he helmet wet sanding it so the chrome paint would stick. I paint the Helmet Chrome then went over it again with this black shade which game it a darker chrome look. I found a bunch of pictures online of the wing outlines and cut these out in the chrome wrap. using my heat gun I wrapped these around the helmets. Putting them all back together, I listed them on eBay. One by one they went for a good profit. I ended up making all my money back and then some. I even got to keep one of the helmets for my self. Here's some pics of the process and the final auction.
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