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painting electronic parts
- Thread starter eliya
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Just read about that, here ya go...http://www.metku.net/index.html?sect=view&n=1&path=mods/cardpainting/index_eng
Marc Payne... Enjoy
Marc Payne... Enjoy
I just painted my motherboard last week using Starfoxer's great guide. I used this paint (sold at CompUSA, in fact). It's specifically designed for painting circuitboards and comes off with soap and water.
The washing off with soap and water was really nice. I taped off the north and southbridges, but instead of taping off all the little voltage regulators and everything, I went back afterwards with a wet Q-tip to wipe them off. It worked great and looks awesome.
The washing off with soap and water was really nice. I taped off the north and southbridges, but instead of taping off all the little voltage regulators and everything, I went back afterwards with a wet Q-tip to wipe them off. It worked great and looks awesome.
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Just tried it out on an old Stealth VRAM vid card I had. Used plain black spraypaint. Looks good, and works good. And I didnt even mask anything off.
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I am going to attempt this Friday, please if you all have pics, post them for me so i know I am not going to taost my good stuff.
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That looks awesome. I need to do that to my mobo. UV reactive stuff strikes the heck out of my fancy.
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Albaholic said:
You want to set it to measure ohms, which is designated on some meters with the Greek symbol for Omega. (Sorry, but I don't have a Greek-language keyboard to show you exactly what it looks like.)
An Ohmmeter test tries to run a minute amount of current through the positive probe and measures what is received on the other side by the negative probe. What you would want is a reading that shows an infinite number of Ohms or display OPEN on a digital meter.
If it shows open or infinite, this means the paint is non-conductive and will not turn the surface of your board into a massive short circuit looking for a place to happen.
Using a voltage meter, or an ammeter, won't tell you anything for this purpose. Voltage and ammeters can only test the current flowing in a circuit, not the circuits ability to transfer electricity. So while you want to be certain that the paint won't conduct volts or amps, you can't use a volt or ammeter to test it.
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No one posted so I put that part of the project off until i know for sure wether or not chrome or any mettalic paint conducts electricity enough to hurt the cards
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Can I see some picts guys that have done this before? I am very interested in trying this too. Good article by the way Starfoxer!
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im gettin in a moddy mood again... no money to mod with :'(
guess i should mark off and cut the window and fan holes.....
hope i dont run out of dremel wheels.....
guess i should mark off and cut the window and fan holes.....
hope i dont run out of dremel wheels.....
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obliv said:
make sure it's empty first
hehenow if you could make a case out of a tank shell (empty of course)... now that would rock
anyway.. thanks to all who replied to my original question. i think i'll give it a try this weekend, maybe post some pics if i dont fry the whole thing..
