you are definetely brave enough
not a bad job there

@ cheeseecake

Is that ur lappy or it's from other source? Nice painting there..

is this really a gurl doing it... ? pics very blurry.. cannot see actual quality of ur paintjob

DIY or send to shop???

either way....looks very nice

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jan 27 2006, 04:00 AM

Very nice notebook

Gurl or guy...does it matter? Don't be sexist ok.

nice!
hmm.. wondering if i can do mine as well..

i feel offended

Nice clevo... paint job looks really glossy.

How many coats?

What paints did you use...? (brand off the shelf or custom)

Air brush or aerosol?

Why does the word chauvinist ring so hard at that statement?
Ur a caucasian cheesecake?

Now it becomes racist

OK OK...let's get back to the topic. The pics sorta blur'ed but from the look of things, seems like an excellant paint job.

Cheesecake,

By the way, if ur cpu usage 100% all the time, something must be wrong with either the OS or one of the component.

I think that's why it's overheating..100% all the time. I suggest you check it up with the shops (though I dunno how ur gonna do that with the paintjob)

now that's a nice paint job

i like the design at the back of the laptop

nice paint job...but the pics quality could have dont better...
to show off ur paint job

where do u paint ur lappy??? nice also...

nice paint job... i like the mirror finish..

we need answers and digicam quality pix..

why the thread starter missing???

Thanks for all the reply ....

anyway.. i'm using acrylic lacquer spray paint with i got from a local hardware store... i think the brand is TOA made from thailaind....

2 coats of primer, 4 coats of paint , 4 coats of clear lacquer (which makes it really shines and the mirror effect)..

wet sanding in between coats with 800 grit paper and 1000 grit sand paper for the clear coat.

when choosing a spray paint just look for the ones with lacquer substance , it will shine for sure. and the wet sanding it to remove the imperfectness from the previous coat... do it until you are satisfying...

well..
its not that good because i kinda screw it,.. because i was lack of patience, it took me 5 days to complete the paintjob so 5 days couldn't go online.. so i didnt wait the last coat to get completely ready( usually takes a day)


so i got scratches when assembling and also... dust started sticking on the paint.. when the laptop was warm.. so one week later.... here are the pictures...

anyway... no worries because all these can be fixed... i can just resand it until its completely smooth and re
apply the clear coat... and this time wait till the next day.. before reassembling the laptop. That is of course, maybe
after CNY hehehe.. happy new year to all by the way

i got all these guide from the web.. and i found this most uselful http://spiike.shadowdragon.net/laptop%20painting.htm
it took me around one week to dig up all the info about painting, and also riping my laptop with out damaging it...

i skip the last part with the rubbing compound and wax because the paint was already really shining.

well... i'm a gurl? so..?
to get a good paint job.. you just need to be really patient... i mean realllyyyy ...

cow, that's good results.
Triple thumbs up (Gimme ur third finger dangit!)

Solid biceps too.

woot.....you are indeed a special girl
you said you sand the paint in between the layers, you wet sand it or just dry sand ?

wet sanding using water with a little dish washer soap as lubricant...

nice job there.. keep up the good work!!

not a bad job......good 1st attempt

paint lappie.... can u help me to paint mine as well

mine one full of scratch after bringin` here n there sometimes

ahha, is yours a DELL? IF it is, you should have painted XPS word on it ^^

nice painting, so glossy that we can even see your face holding a camere on the reflection of the pictures you posted

one thing i didnt like bout mirror finish is, when i hold them, my fingerprint is left out..
2nd i need to handle them carefully bcoz even a single scratch on them will give a tone of pain, while look back at the effort to produce the "mirror"..
what is the best way to main10 'em?.. izzit possible to keep them scratchless?..

wow very nice with miror finish

perhaps you could find some super thin plastic layer to act as protector?

actually its true, i get finger prints all over too.. and when i put it the laptop bag... the fabric texture get imprinted too.. the paint its too soft ... does anyone has suggestion on .. what paint is more durable than lacquer....?

I think that's because the bottom layers aren't properly dried before the top layers are applied. CAn't help di.

ah moi spotted


painting skill as nice as the thread starter

buaya spoted..lol

The next time u redo the clear coat. Dont skip the rubbing compound n wax. But make sure wait for bout 2 weeks for the clear coat to really dry n harden. Then use the rubbing compound n rub like hell. Then wax it. U wont believe the difference it makes to the shine. It'll b really smooth n glossy compared to waht uve achieved so far. What uve done so far, even with the wet sanding, still can see the orange peel effect. I use Eagle 1 car paint wax to maintain the paint on my Ferrari lappy n it really shines as compared to just wiping it with a damp cloth.

i think next time you can buy a heater... assemble a small box...

actually not really a heater, but more like a bulb... like those use in chicken coop...

so that you can dry it faster...

and it will get rid of those dust too...

thanks alot for the advice.. appreciates it
.... well i did bought a rubbing compound... try rubbing it.. oh my god... needs too much muscle to gets it shine without a buffer...i think it will take me some time...

Wow great texture and nice mirror finish
Great painting

Orbital buffer only costs rm80 at Tesco. I'm using that.

not 2 bad can still be better

awesome job. i would like to recommend something though, in case you decide to redo the mod in the future.

the notebook top, with the round thing in the middle of your tribal designs... maybe you could remove it, and fill up the hole with bondo or something, sand it flat and repaint etc, so the round thing doesnt detract from the design, and have a smooth overall finish on the entire panel.

WOW , nice printing.

This post has been edited by sunray: May 5 2006, 04:51 PM

Good job dudes!! Waiting for my laptop warranty to be over then oni i paint. M-Life warranty 3 years so i must be sabar!!

agree... wondering how did you paint it... ?

wow that lappy look cool... just like the owner~ cheeseecake may be next time you can show the steps to paint the lappy... sort a worklog... hihihi the color combi also look so garang ~ just wondering... did you take off all the case before spraying? wow that take lotsa guts ~

W E - N E E D - M O R E - W O R K L O G S

sorry i kinda reply late... because haven;t really checc on the forum for sumtime... well actually... i only manage to disemblethe LCD .. and keyboard ..i could not ...get the body to dissemble.. since this is not a branded laptop its hyundai.... pretty difficult to get any guides only.. on taking off the whole lappie.. so i just did a msking for the rest...


work log its pretty simillar with the link i posted previous which i followed ...

nice nice..nice to hear got ppl modding notebook here also...btw currently ive workin with mine..here my work..


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nice.... is that tape masking coz i'm looking to abuse my new hp too... i can't figure how... since its brand new... painting .. abit too radical .. i guess... tape masking is definately a good idea....



This post has been edited by cheeseecake: Jun 6 2006, 02:51 AM

do u guys know which website tat provide information for takin out laptop case? Keen to mod my laptop as well...

Go do the case wrapping thingy like the handphones. It's very nice from what I c in the photos. It's in the garage sales section. I'll post the link when I c it later.

how did u do the vinyl ? on the top? the red colour lines? how u separate them?

well first i spray the Black background ... the after that i draw the vinyl onto a masking take ... cut out according to the drawing... then i tape it on the cover... and cover the rest... making sure only the part i want to be red is exposed.. the i spray it with red.... then wala!!! aftef 3 layer ... i wet sanding it... to make it flat... and begin spaying the clear coat.. the out come is.. a flat surface... have to make sure that the background complete dry before doing the masking.. other wise... ugly~~~~~

wat u use to wet sand?

wet sand using 1000 or 800 sand paper which can be used for wet or dry sandning as u can see from the pic....



and this is the sray paint i use its TOA brand from thailand .. as u can see its acrylic lacquer base and cheap too only RM 4.5 for each..


no wonder .. the spikedragon link is broken... .. but can try here...
http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_modding_hacks.html
http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?o...id=41&Itemid=32
http://members.lycos.co.uk/troubledmind/
http://yoshi.us/forums/showthread.php?t=7261&goto=nextoldest
http://yoshi.us/forums/showthread.php?t=20...laptop+painting
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread...laptop+painting
http://pages.videotron.com/thief/index.htm
http://www.mnpctech.com/case-mod-paint-com...od-how-to1.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=48549

see other lappie modding... its not as complete as the spikedragon one... but gives u a brief idea...i'm will work on a tuorial or sumthing.. using .. what ever i can paint lah ... soon...

check out these cool carbon fiber mode
http://www.iromet.com.pl/moje/acer2/index.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=54808

maybe can get it from car accesories shop...

This post has been edited by cheeseecake: Jun 8 2006, 05:23 PM


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its done..i painted my calculator cover heheheh


heres my site

http://cheeseecake.100free.com/lappiemod


This post has been edited by cheeseecake: Jun 11 2006, 07:06 PM


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Sprayed mine also.. At first it was to blank n all black.. so i decided to put some "lame" design..
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eh, ur paint very leng leh

not bad... its not lame lah..

Thank u, thank u...

hey .... i remember there's a girl admin around here that does airbrush as well

Girl doing airbrush.. Hmm.. that's something..

li nah ?

i like the "L"...ahahahahaha...looks like from the 'Death Note'

u have make it so unique =)

have no effect after painting?

always wanted to paint my laptop but sked it will turn out ugly.

you're so brave...

waaa... :respect u lar: hehe

Nice one. I like it very much.

nice~~
the back design is pretty cool..

shining some more

nice job there