I first want to apologize to the esteemed mods if I have put this thread in the wrong place. If I have, please feel free to move it.

I have a very quick question since it involves spray painting. I've been wanting to spray my laptop to give it a nice color and gloss coat but have failed so far. I used plastic model paint but they rub off too easy. Can anyone recommend a particular brand of paint that works? And maybe tips as well to keep the gloss coat from fading?

Thank you.

no idea maybe u should try asking in the case mods section

sandpaper the surface first to scrape off any layers on it. better until u can see the bare plastic. wash it till its clean and dry it completely.
about paint, well, try samurai brand. i've used 3 arrows and its nice too. as long as its not thick. spray many thin layers instead of one thick layer. dont worry about uneven sprays on the 1st-2nd layer, spray many2 thin layers.

Moving to Casing Mod section

Thanks for moving the thread to the appropriate section stevan.

Penmarker, you said 3 arrows and samurai brand arr? Know where I can buy? Its not those that get from the hardware shop right? I tried that but the result not so nice la. Many thin layers... I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the tip.

Hehe, just some confession tho... I used the blasting machine in my factory to clean out the old paint.... wah lau so clean you won't believe man... hehehehe. So if anyone wanna remove paint, I recommend use blasting machine if you know anyone who have access to that kind of equipment... best media to use is plastic media with the air pressure at about 25 psi and up as necessary.

This post has been edited by nikolo98: Aug 29 2008, 07:13 PM

Need to know what model is ur laptop, so can see what surface is it. and i dont advise u to spray ur laptop if u move it all the time.

Ooo my laptop is some taiwan brand la. I brought back from US one. Brand I think many will not hear before la... its called Averatec. The chassis is pretty much plastic la. In fact, the original paint also came off adi previously and that was what trigerred me to re-paint it to begin with.

Anyway its quite old adi also la, I've had it for I think about 3 years now.

lol awesome if like that. haha. blasting machine, if i had that, sure will come in handy.
no no, samurai n 3 arrows can be bought at any hardware store of paint shop.. but samurai sometimes not sold in hardware stores, but motor workshops usually have. they are heat resistant and the clear paint gives a nice glossy finish.
also, warming the can gives a more even finish as its more..em. how u call it. 'cair' and will spread nicely. soak it in warm (not hot water la. or else the pressure will build up n kaboom!. just warm enough). spray under the sun with no wind or in a confined space with no wind. wind tend to blow away your paint and end up using more than a can for small projects. and if ur spraying in a confined space, use a mask. the paint particles are very minute. but if you wear a mask, and after finish spraying, the mask will turn color into that paint's color.

This post has been edited by penmarker: Aug 29 2008, 07:44 PM

Why moved to hobbies thread wan?
I dunno if hobby paints are suitable for case modding or not though
wat the heck? I swear this was in Hobbies thread earlier!!
Sorry....

This post has been edited by MyKy44: Aug 29 2008, 08:35 PM

Try to strip your laptop top part.Then paint it.

Yeaaa good idea... I'll definitely do that. I got airbrush for gunpla and I'm pretty good at it but somehow very weird when I try to spray using can paint like very hard to control the spray quality. Maybe I not doing as your suggestion that's why look like some alien took a crap on my laptop hahaha.

I'll definitely go hunt for the brands... hopefully the hardware shop near my hse got la.....

By the way, anybody in PJ area wanna help me paint for a fee? Hehehehe.

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Added on August 29, 2008, 9:27 pmyeaa it was originally in the hobby section but stevan transfer here hehe... I was sitting for a bit wondering "where should I put this tread..."

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Added on August 29, 2008, 9:50 pmWell yea I stripped it, blasted it, and re-painted it... I guess now I need to repeat it all again coz the taimya paint wasn't such a good idea afterall....

if you're interested, here's the whole process documented...


http://nikolo98.blogspot.com/2008/04/opera...surrection.html : Taking apart
http://nikolo98.blogspot.com/2008/04/opera...on-phase-2.html : Blasted clean
http://nikolo98.blogspot.com/2008/05/opera...n-phase-25.html : Repainting process
http://nikolo98.blogspot.com/2008/05/opera...on-phase-3.html : Completed painting
http://nikolo98.blogspot.com/2008/05/opera...inal-phase.html : Assembled


This post has been edited by nikolo98: Aug 29 2008, 09:50 PM

Tamiya paints gonna clean ur wallet.

Dude,how did you painted it? Using 1 direction or Mix directions?

I generally go from left to right..... my handedness thing....... why? the spray quality is that bad? I not used to spraying such a wide panel before... I mean you know, gunpla involve small pieces generally.

use normal spray like samurai and lastly coat with clear sure protect ur paint

Ok, I'll have to do that.... Or I can send to a car painting shop and use 2K paint? hahaha I wonder can anot.... maybe spray color like imola orange..... hehe

dude, you did sand blasting? i too have access but after seeing the stripping damage it can do to metal, I'm afraid on testing it on plastic. Any advise you can share?

bro send it for airbrush servce more cooler heheehehee

Dude, there are differrent kinds of blasting as you know la. The media that I used was made of plastic. So that's why I didn't run such a high risk. I think sand will be ok as well depending on the grit of the sand, I strongly suggest the finest grit you can find. My recommendation to do it is to start at a very very low pressure. I don't know how low for sand coz I didn't use sand but I started mine at 20psi and moved up about 5. Max psi I had for plastic was about 25 only. No more.

By the way, I didn't do it myself because I didn't have any experience with blasting. I had a colleague who's darn good at blasting help me do it. If you wanna do I also strongly recommend getting help from somebody who's done the process before. Blasting is like an art apparently, must have a feel for it.

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Added on August 31, 2008, 6:46 pmYea la I agree but you know anywhere can find this kind of service ar? I always wanted to try out some art on the laptop..... my skill not so great prefer to pay a pro to do it......

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Added on August 31, 2008, 10:16 pmAs a matter of fact, it did!!

This post has been edited by nikolo98: Aug 31 2008, 10:16 PM

damn, i wish i had a sandblaster when i wanna paint my psp. haih..

anyway, how's the paint job doing?