How to Make a Ray Gun Proof Vest
Start by having a friend wear the jacket on backwards., Cut the arms off at whatever length you think would look good, or don't cut them off at all.,Take the thin nylon chord and put it on the edge of the duct tape in the middle of the strip on the...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Start by having a friend wear the jacket on backwards.
Stuff his shirt full of pillows, so that the jacket isn't loose or folded.
Zip up the back of the jacket. -
Step 2: Cut the arms off at whatever length you think would look good
Somewhere near the elbow. ,, Stick the first end to the edge where the zipper is at the bottom of the jacket.
Roll it around the edge of the jacket until you get to the other edge of the zipper in the back ,, This is good, and looks really cool.
Duct tape the arms if you want with the same ribbing effect. , Take the space blanket and stretch it around the jacket.
Figure out which position lets it cover the most amount of jacket.
The optimal position will let the blanket go around the whole jacket and a little past the zipper.
It's okay if the top of the jacket isn't covered.
If the space blanket is big enough, bring it up to the armpits. ,, This causes the space blanket to tightly conform to the shape of the jacket so now the jacket is very shiny. , For the part that overlaps the zipper, do not glue it.
Rather, put a strip of duct tape on the back and hot glue some Velcro patches to the edge of the overlap and the edge of the zipper so you can velcro this overlap over the zipper. , Do the same for the back piece. ,, Start by breaking the plastic casing off the edges of the mirror with a flat-headed screwdriver. ,,, -
Step 3: or don't cut them off at all.
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Step 4: Take the thin nylon chord and put it on the edge of the duct tape in the middle of the strip on the sticky side so that you have a strip of duct tape that has rope running through the middle of it
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Step 5: Keep unrolling the tape and sticking the rope till you have a nice size strip.
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Step 6: Cut the rope and strip off here and apply more strips to the edges above the strip you applied
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Step 7: until the entire jacket is covered in duct tape with rope in it.
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Step 8: You will see a ribbed effect develop on the jacket.
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Step 9: Now for the hard part: heat up your hot glue gun.
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Step 10: Glue the edge of the space blanket to the bottom edge of the jacket.
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Step 11: Slowly put a bit of hot glue near the edge of the glued space blanket and smear it around with the blanket until the glue is everywhere and you can put the space blanket tightly down against the jacket.
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Step 12: Do this for the whole jacket
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Step 13: letting it dry between applications of glue.
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Step 14: Cut a piece from the second space blanket that will fit the upper front chest and glue it on following the same procedure as the lower space blanket.
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Step 15: If you left some sleeves on the jacket
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Step 16: glue some space blanket all around the sleeves
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Step 17: ribbed or not ribbed.
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Step 18: Now for the mirror.
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Step 19: Glue some Velcro onto the edges behind the mirror
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Step 20: and then glue some Velcro on the jacket near the center of the chest so that you could just velcro the mirror over the center of your chest.
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Step 21: Now with electrical tape
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Step 22: write on the bottom of the front of the jacket "Ray-Gun-Proof Vest".
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Step 23: Finished.
Detailed Guide
Stuff his shirt full of pillows, so that the jacket isn't loose or folded.
Zip up the back of the jacket.
Somewhere near the elbow. ,, Stick the first end to the edge where the zipper is at the bottom of the jacket.
Roll it around the edge of the jacket until you get to the other edge of the zipper in the back ,, This is good, and looks really cool.
Duct tape the arms if you want with the same ribbing effect. , Take the space blanket and stretch it around the jacket.
Figure out which position lets it cover the most amount of jacket.
The optimal position will let the blanket go around the whole jacket and a little past the zipper.
It's okay if the top of the jacket isn't covered.
If the space blanket is big enough, bring it up to the armpits. ,, This causes the space blanket to tightly conform to the shape of the jacket so now the jacket is very shiny. , For the part that overlaps the zipper, do not glue it.
Rather, put a strip of duct tape on the back and hot glue some Velcro patches to the edge of the overlap and the edge of the zipper so you can velcro this overlap over the zipper. , Do the same for the back piece. ,, Start by breaking the plastic casing off the edges of the mirror with a flat-headed screwdriver. ,,,
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