laptop painting

[rebelwarlock]

in an upcoming project i'll be painting a laptop. what's the best thing to use? i was thinking spray paint but i wanted to run it by someone else first. also, anything i should know about painting the keys?

[Mr.Guvernment]

spary paint or purchase adecent air gun sprayer :D i would love to paint my dell inspiron, but affraid if i screw it up then what :(

[squasher]

I can't find it but a guy painted his laptop on the overclockers front page

[dj_2004]

would vinyl dye work?

[Bensa]

would vinyl dye work?

Best choice, deassemble and vinyl dye.

[shellshock]

ya, vinal die would be the best. It dosent screw up the texture of the surface like regular paint does.

[gigahertz]

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=67127

http://spiike.shadowdragon.net/laptop%20painting.htm

[rebelwarlock]

the problem with using vinal dye is that i intend to paint the laptop white. also, if i use spray paint, would i need to use a primer even though it's going to be white?

[dracos]

The primer I used for both of my laptop mods was WHITE...

So you could just use the primer and clear coat it

Rust-Oleum brand, Plastic Primer.. YES It is special plastic primer that they make!!!

oh and I think you are referring to my laptop that I painted that was on OC front page a couple of weeks ago? Or maybe not.....

but anyway go to my site www.dragonsteelmods.com and check out the laptops I did..... if you have any questions feel free to email me, I would be more than happy to help you..

[rebelwarlock]

nice job on the laptops. i'll go hunt down the plastic primer and clear coat. what brand clear coat should i use?

[dracos]

The same.. Rust-oleum...

it makes a nice HARD protective shell on it...