{"id":3665,"date":"2012-03-21T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T22:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/blog\/joewelder\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2013-08-15T10:23:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T17:23:43","slug":"custom-painted-helmets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2012\/03\/21\/custom-painted-helmets\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Dog Kustoms Miller Welding Helmets for Arc-Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets_small.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3674\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets_small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Miller Welding Helmets\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets_small-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At an auto show a few months back I got to talking with Pete &#8220;Hot Dog&#8221; Finlan, the former painter from West Coast Choppers, about custom painting a couple welding helmets for Arc-Zone.\u00a0 I envisioned a cool old school hot rod theme, with gold leaf, metal flake, and pinstriping.\u00a0 Pete, who also happens to be the uncle of Sarah, the Shipping Manager here at Arc-Zone, was up for the job.\u00a0 I gave Pete two <a title=\"Miller Digital Elite Welding Helmets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=597_844_1881_1936\" target=\"_blank\">Miller Digital Elite\u00a0<\/a> welding helmets with instructions to paint a personalized helmet for me and another helmet that we could give away to a lucky Arc-Zone customer. I chose the Miller helmet shells because of their cool shape, comfort, and lens technology.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Pete dropped off the finished product, and everyone in the office was blown away by how great these helmet shells look.\u00a0 The level of detail in each of these helmets is mind boggling.\u00a0 Hot Dog is a master at all the old school styles &#8211; flake, gold leaf, pinstriping, lettering, flames, airbrush.\u00a0 There are <a title=\"Miller Digital Elite Welding Helmets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=597_844_1881_1936\" target=\"_blank\">custom-look welding helmets<\/a> for sale, but these are on another level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/WeldLikeaPro.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3700\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/WeldLikeaPro-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weld Like a Pro \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Pete, a.k.a. Hot Dog, has been creating world-class custom paint jobs since 1982.\u00a0 Pete began his career airbrushing surfboards and progressed rapidly to master all the various aspects of custom paint, including airbrush sign paint and pinstriping.\u00a0 For several years, Pete worked as the in-house painter for West Coast Choppers.\u00a0 Nowadays, Pete remains busy with various custom painting jobs through his company, Hot Dog Kustoms, and participates in painting competitions at auto and motorcycle shows nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The darker orange and blue helmet will be the first custom-painted helmet shell I&#8217;ve ever had in all my years of welding.\u00a0 In the past, I have always decorated my helmet with stickers.\u00a0 I remember back in the day when my dad and I painted our own welding helmets because we wanted a custom look on a shoestring budget.\u00a0 Having a famous hot rod painter like Hot Dog paint a welding helmet for me was something I only dreamed about back then.\u00a0 It&#8217;s good to be Joe Welder!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets2_small.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3676 alignleft\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets2_small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\" Hot Dog Miller Welding Helmets\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets2_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Welding-Helmets2_small-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As I am sure you are all wondering, we have big plans for one lucky Arc-Zone customer to get their hands on the other Hot Dog Kustoms welding helmet, and we will be making that announcement soon.\u00a0 Stay tuned!<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/HotDogKustoms_small.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3679 alignright\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/HotDogKustoms_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Dog Kustoms\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The helmet is orange with yellow airbrushed flames on the sides, front, and top.\u00a0 On each side is the Arc-Zone.com logo, and the top reads &#8220;Weld Like a Pro&#8221;.\u00a0 In the front, the helmet is signed by Hot Dog Kustoms and dated 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At an auto show a few months back I got to talking with Pete &#8220;Hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,139,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arc-zonecom","category-welding-art","category-just-for-kicks","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hot Dog Kustoms Miller Welding Helmets for Arc-Zone - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pete Finlan of Hot Dog Kustoms hand-painted two Miller Welding Helmets for Arc-Zone. 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