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well a while back i inquired about painting my monitor. I have a gateway ev 700, but I wanted it to match the silver of my alienware computer so i had to paint it.....After all the warnings, i decided what the hell, and I gave it a shot...Good thing is Im alive to tell this story.

 

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it really wasnt that hard, just took a lot of time and patience
heres the finished result

 

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Good thing you are alive to post this...Good Job!

Silver's a little harder to paint with than most colors, cause it never has a real even look to it. Congrats man.

 

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yeah it was a pain...i went through a lot of paint...hehe.
Im gonna have to put some kinda cool amd xp sticker on it now. My next job though is a window

 

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man thats sweet, i also have a big mod in my near future, still have to think about how everything is gonna look.

 

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it matches woohoo

 

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that looks really cool. as im looking at it through my ugly gateway ev700.

its a lot nicer than the norm. and it matches the case real nice
good for you

 

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hehe thats what i thought about this ev 700..... paint it man!!!

 

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LOL i too have the EV700 and ALienware Charcola Black Case

Guess its time to paint er

 

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you like your alienware??

 

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Followed my advice, I see.

 

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that lookes nice. did it take you long to do that and does it work the same?

 

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it took about six hours to do it and I let it dry overnight, I placed an electric heater real close to it so the paint could sort of bake on. It still works the same. I think I may detail it somehow.

 

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Shouldn't the title of this topic be Yatta! instead of i did it?

Lol, that looks sweet, i wish i had an alienware case to match to!

 

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yatta

luckily no probs with this alienware yet

 

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Hehhe, you wouldn't get the joke yet, i don't think. Oh well.

 

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that looks sweet!, may i ask what kind of paint you used?? i have been thinking of doing this to my monitor for some time to match my lian-li case as it is greyish!

 

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actually I used testors spray enamel it took several cans to do it with sanding between coats. The color I used is metallic silver.
I should have primered it but awe well.