John Higginbotham wrote:
> At 07:38 PM 7/13/98 -0700, Tom Owad wrote:
>
> >I've been tempted to do that too. :-) What kind of paint would be best
> >for this? And how would you go about cleaning the unit before hand?
>
> Hmmm. I would probably go with a really fine sandpaper to give the paint
> something to stick to, then if I wanted, clear coat the finished product
> for a good seal against possible flaking. I painted a 14" SVGA monitor
> once. Flat black, straight out of a cheap spraypaint can. It never flaked,
> but some did rub off when I moved the monitor. I touched it up with black
> magic marker.
Use paints that have glue type solvents, ones with toluene, acetone and xylene
that will melt into the finsih below and/or plastic and bond after sanding
with 400 sandpaper, works great. Like I said in the other message the "fashion
satin" paint they have at Walmart works exceptionally well and comes in beige,
light and dark grey and black. I keep a can of white too but rarely need it
except for an occasional monitor blemish.
After it dries overnight (esp black) clean it down with a sponge and then dry
it off and the excess dust of overspray will be gone, just like a factory
finish.
> I've seen one guy on the net that has built custom mahogany and marble
> cases for his Mac cx and others. Was cool to see a more recent Apple in
> wood. :)
That might be kinda neat looking.
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