Your helmets are brought into our facility and counted. A sampling of these helmets are selected for “before reconditioning” drop testing. Interior helmet parts are removed and are inspected
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Helmets just received in at our facility, ready for reconditioning.
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We will recondition and recertify helmets from many manufacturers.
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Removal of parts.
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A sampling of helmets from each job get drop tested before they are reconditioned.
Helmet shells are inspected and then they are cleaned and sanitized. Interior helmet parts are washed and sanitized. Helmets are prepared for painting (if needed)
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Helmets ready for paint.
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Facemasks are stored on racks to be matched up with the freshly painted helmets.
Helmets are painted using manufacturer approved paint, in our state of the art paint booth
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Looks like a coating of our custom dark green metallic paint
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Our paint booth.
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Shiny black helmets ready for reassembly.
Helmet reassembly using OEM parts. “After reconditioning” drop testing takes place on the same helmets that were selected and tested previously to being reconditioned. Placement of all interior and exterior warning labels, as well as NOCSAE recertification stickers and sizing labels.
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“After reconditioning” drop testing.
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When helmets are tested, measurements are precise.
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Insuring the correct drop height.
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Helmet is reassembled.
Final inspection of the recertified helmets. Helmets are then packaged for delivery.
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Inspection of the helmets, looking for all appropriate parts and labels in place.
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Helmets are individually bagged.
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Packaged for delivery.
This is how Gunther’s reconditions your shoulder pads. After we receive and count your shoulder pads, they are sent to our laundry room to be cleaned and sanitized. Once dried, one of our technicians will inspect the pads, repair them, and make sure that all of the missing or bad parts are replaced. After this process is complete, pads are tied up and packaged for delivery back to your facility.
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Drying out after being sanitized.
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Repairing shoulder pads and replacing clips and elastic.
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Final inspection of the pads.
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Shoulder pads getting ready for delivery.
Gunther’s offers a laundry service. Athletic garments will get a complete cleaning to remove germs and other agents, as well as dirt and grass stains. After they have been cleaned, garments go to the sewing department for complete review. All darning, mending and reinforcing are done to insure the longevity and utility of the clothing. After repairs are completed, the garment is folded and packaged for delivery.
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Our industrial strength washing machines.
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Our industrial strength dryers.
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Repairing and folding the laundry.
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All ready for packaging and delivery.
In addition to the reconditioning of football equipment and uniforms, Gunther’s also can turn your old sled pads or blocking dummies into almost new! We can replace old foam, repair rips or sew on new vinyl coverings, even add silsckreened logos to them. If you would like, we will even pick them up. Bags are counted and inspected, repaired and/or recovered, and then packaged for delivery. Don’t buy new ones if we can fix the old ones!
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A school's blocking bags being received in for repair.
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Replacing the vinyl covers.
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New coverings can do wonders. We can also add screen printed logos.
The foundation of our business…Our company started out in 1969 with the reconditioning of football equipment. To this day, we feel that we still do the job with the highest quality, the safety of your equipment and players being priority number one. We are a founding member of the NAERA organization, and a licensed NOCSAE reconditioner. Since we are located in southern California, you can even drop off and pick up your equipment to save some money. All of the work is done locally, which means your equipment will not be sent across any other country’s borders.
How about paint? Do you have a custom color or unique look that you would like? What separates Gunther’s from our competition is the quality of our paint work. Colors are mixed in house, which lets you choose what look you want.
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Reconditioning your helmets transforms them from well used to almost new.
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Freshly painted helmets in line for reassembly and inspection






