Lid marks

MargeS

Anyone know what could have made these marks on my lid? It's a matt finished Shoei Quest.

It's stored safely every night and I don't ride under low hanging trees.

CJhaughey

I'd be getting that checked out, that looks serious enough.
Its like its been flexed hard enough to break the paint.

BrokenArrows

MargeS wrote: »

Anyone know what could have made these marks on my lid? It's a matt finished Shoei Quest.

It's stored safely every night and I don't ride under low hanging trees.

Odd.
Are they scratches that you can feel?

Wossack

maybe a zip?

serious3

spiders web.....

zubair

Synchronised snails?!

AH no, the marks seem very uniform which is odd. I know my old matt black box helmet picked up marks quite easily but those marks seem weird.

KTRIC

MargeS wrote: »

Anyone know what could have made these marks on my lid? It's a matt finished Shoei Quest.

It's stored safely every night and I don't ride under low hanging trees.

You're saying its stored safely at night but where exactly ??

Mr Sheen!

KTRIC wrote: »

You're saying its stored safely at night but where exactly ??

With his 20 pet cats :D

MargeS

No these are not scratches you can feel and it's stored on a 6 foot high shelf in a press with a door.

(If I had 20 cats..... I would not be returning home )

M450

A hot(ish) press? Could it be heat related?

KTRIC

M450 wrote: »

A hot(ish) press? Could it be heat related?

My missus has some experience with paint and that's the first thing she said.

serious3

As I said earlier it looks like a spiders web

bitemybanger

What do you use to clean it? looks similar to what a solvent based cleaning agent would do to some paints.

MargeS

There is no other evidence of spiders in the press. I use kitchen towel and water to clean it and the visor. The utility gets as warm as 15-20 I'd say when the boiler is running. And the lid is stored at the opposite end of the room to the boiler.
I might try being more abrasive cleaning it.

Del2005

MargeS wrote: »

There is no other evidence of spiders in the press. I use kitchen towel and water to clean it and the visor. The utility gets as warm as 15-20 I'd say when the boiler is running. And the lid is stored at the opposite end of the room to the boiler.
I might try being more abrasive cleaning it.

I wouldn't be getting anything abrasive to the lid, get it looked at first in case you cover up some damage.

Wossack

if its a matt lid, Im afraid being more abrasive will just end up polishing it, and you'll wind up with shiny patches...

Demonical

As mentioned already, that definitly looks like a spiders web...

Alan b.

looks like crasing caused by either a reaction between the base layer and the top layer coatings, or as said, heat.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=paint+crazing&client=firefox-a&hs=AOo&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=sngsVOODN6K07QbnsoCABw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=528

could be a manufacturing fault, so i wouldnt touch it before having a pro look at it.

MargeS

Just a follow up on this....
The marks did come out, but it took several attempts.

I also think that those who suggested spider webs are probably right. The shed the bike is kept in, regularly has webs across the entrance corners. I have to duck my head to get in and I suspect that the webs get caught on my lid.

goodlad

Right well the first thing to do here is burn that shed to the ground.
Its the only way to be sure you killed all the spiders.

After that just have a cuppa tea and relax knowing the ****ers are dead and your lid is grand

MargeS

I actually dreamt about going in there with a flame thrower. I've never seen spiders so big.
But then I thought... that's what husbands are for. So I'm sending him in...

Faing