Tips On Pimping/Painting Your Plastic Midi Gear?

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Post by substance_g » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:04 pm

Was thinking about painting the lid of my PowerBook, but was worried about the huge effect it would have on resell value. So I was thinking, how about covering the lid with some sticky-backed plastic stuff and then just painting the plastic? So when I'm bored with it I can just peel off the plastic cover... Now is this just a stupid idea? Will the paints just melt through any thin plasticky stuff, or will it just look rubbish...?
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Post by Machinate » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:16 pm

Just get some sticky-backed plastic, paint it, and THEN mount it, if it looks good?
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Post by M. Bréqs » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:22 pm

ARDJ wrote:anyone else having flashbacks of that 90's movie hackers? :)
That movie made me want to drive my thumbs into my eye sockets up to my second knuckle. What a farce.

Personally, I would void my warranty and pull off all knobs, open the thing up, remove the panels, and then paint it. I wouldn't risk getting a knob painted closed or something.

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Post by frisbeedisk » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:26 pm

a bit of gloss should do the job :wink:

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