Okay, How hard are these helmets to take care of... For Real?
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:55 pm
Okay, thus far all I have in my UC LOTR collection are the Swords. They are for the most part low maintenance as long as I keep fingerprints off them, etc. I like that. I am not too familiar, however, with Helm upkeep.
Now I have been pondering asking for one of the Helms for Christmas, but I always see the horror stories involving rust. Now I realize that many people own the helmets and have no problem with keeping them in top shape, and that the few horror stories are isolated incidents, but the rust still scares me.
How hard is it to care for these helms? Say for instance I want Isildur's Helm. What can I e xp ect needs to be done in order to care for it? I see all the posts about the Ren. Wax and polishing the prints off, etc.... and that doesn't seem too hard. My question is, how often does this typically need to be done? Will it rust just sitting there on a shelf for no reason? Am I going to be waxing this helmet every other weekend in order to keep rust off? What is the typical upkeep you who have the helms must perform to keep them looking good and rust-free?
Sorry if I come off sounding stupid on the helm care subject... but I pretty much am! lol :lol_blue: I just wanna be sure that if I ask for one for Christmas instead of a sword, that I won't regret it.
Thanks!!!
Now I have been pondering asking for one of the Helms for Christmas, but I always see the horror stories involving rust. Now I realize that many people own the helmets and have no problem with keeping them in top shape, and that the few horror stories are isolated incidents, but the rust still scares me.
How hard is it to care for these helms? Say for instance I want Isildur's Helm. What can I e xp ect needs to be done in order to care for it? I see all the posts about the Ren. Wax and polishing the prints off, etc.... and that doesn't seem too hard. My question is, how often does this typically need to be done? Will it rust just sitting there on a shelf for no reason? Am I going to be waxing this helmet every other weekend in order to keep rust off? What is the typical upkeep you who have the helms must perform to keep them looking good and rust-free?
Sorry if I come off sounding stupid on the helm care subject... but I pretty much am! lol :lol_blue: I just wanna be sure that if I ask for one for Christmas instead of a sword, that I won't regret it.
Thanks!!!