Painted my Model M with Krylon Fusion

[Fred Koser]

Picked up a rattle-can of black Krylon Fusion the other night at Wal-Mart. It was ~$4. Just did my model M today and I'm pretty happy with it. I don't have much experience with spray paints and I think I hit part of it with too much, but it looks good & the finish is getting more even as the paint cures. Here are some pix:

Sorry, I only have a webcam so the pix are pretty low res. You get the idea.

 

[DanFraser]

Sorry, I only have a webcam so the pix are pretty low res. You get the idea.

It's better damned quality than my digicam at those close shots!

 

[Diggrr]

Cool beans man, I've seen ads for the stuff for a month now, and needed a guinea pig. Thanks! Looks good too.

now back in your cage

 

[bubba gump]

Very nice looking!! If I end up getting my Logitech KB im definatly gonna change the color of it =D Modding an expensive item...the love of my life

 

[Wolfe]

Aaaaahh, so thats a model M.

When i saw the post, i thought- model m... wasnt that a ford?

 

[Fast420A]

They were talking about Krylon Fusion on Tech TV today when someone asked about painting a CD Rom

 

[Fred Koser]

Faqst420A -

Wow! You're from Tampa. Just moved here from Indiana. Whats fun 2 do here? Any good LAN partys? Any good shops?

 

[Fast420A]

Well Thompson's is here...www.tcwo.com, that's a good shop for decent prices on most items. As far as Lan's, not really sure, I haven't been into Lan's and OCing for very long. I am sure they have them, just none that I know of. Welcome to Tampa, BTW. Been here 23 years so nothing is good to do here now ;-)

There's always Ybor if your into that stuff.

 

[Fred Koser]

I'd love to find a student gaming organization in Tampa - their LANs always have the best prizes. Seriously though, it would be nice to find a friendly LAN group - I'm not very good at any games, but I do enjoy dragging my rig around and staying up late eating junk food.
Ybor is SO not my scene. Would I be here if Ybor was my scene? Heh-heh.
Thanks for the tip on Thompson's. Sounds like there is no way to see what 1700+s they have in right now, but could be very useful in the future.

 

[Azeroth]

Cool, im from Tampa too. Awesome to find some more peeps from around here.

 

[Xevuhtess7]

?? advertisements for spray paint bottles?.... then what's special with krylon fusion?

 

[Diggrr]

It's supposed to bond directly with the plastic without primer, and won't chip or peal off.
Kewl.

 

[Breadfan]

It's supposed to bond directly with the plastic without primer, and won't chip or peal off.
Kewl.

Cool. So, would this be better than vinyl dye if I wanted to spray a monitor?

 

[Fred Koser]

I don't know if "better" is the right word. I also used some Plasti-Kote vinyl dye on my drives (couldn't find the right color in Krylon Fusion.) It worked just as well. I think the strength of K.F. is that its supposed to work on all surfaces (wood, metal, plastic, etc. - it says so on the can I have NOT tried anything but the keyboard.) If you can find the right color, it seems like it would be great on a monitor. Nmmnp over at Ars had AWESOME luck with it:

http://www.modders.net/uploads/nmmnp/Project Hockeytown Completed.JPG

Here is the thread:

http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909585&m=7600973565