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#456257 - 08/18/04 04:16 AM Re:B&W Paint Job [Re: aidos]
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Actually, I have the I/O panel. I'm painting it in the blue and white, and it'll have custom lettering for all the ports. I just removed it so I could paint the chassis. If I dont have the O/O panel, that kind of negates a complete and perfect job. Course, also realize that I have an apple pro keyboard with blue plastics and white keys, with custom lettering on the keys as well. Once I scare up another Apple Pro mouse, it'll be white with blue trim as well. But, I'm a perfectionist about this stuff.
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#456258 - 08/18/04 09:48 AM Re:B&W Paint Job [Re: aidos]
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Don't mess with the pro mouse. i've tried before, with dead ones. they are a lot more trouble than they are worth. My suggestion is getting a generic USB mouse and painting that, or getting a clone and changing that. The Pro Mouse is pressure sealed, then closed tight. You can get about 50% of it off before realizing that the mouse will just be a dead project.

I'm glad you did the I/O cover. Another question: On the rubber side panel tab cover, did you paint that as well? Did you paint it on, or sepperatly? Other than that, you've been a great help so far.
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#456259 - 08/18/04 12:44 PM Re:B&W Paint Job [Re: aidos]
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Actually, I've painted the pro mice before. I dont actually take them apart. I mask the bottom, and paint the outside after sanding it down. It comes out opaque, but it never looks bad.

Okay, those rubber tab grommets. I hate them. the bondi's look like garbage and the only ones that look half decent are the clear ones off the mirror door and quicksilver G4's. With this particular machine, I removed it entirely and am replacing it with another one that's not bondi blue. I've yet to have decent luck getting paint to stick to them so I either remove them entirely or use anything but bondi.

Oh, in other news, I came home, and my stencils from autobodydepot.com had arrived. Picked up the ol' school flames and the tiki one. I then got a lot of masking done (x-acto hand hates me) and sprayed several coats of blue. the pictures of the machine wth flames are linked below. I still need to clearcoat the daylights out of it, and pinstripe it in silver, but it looks sweet!

http://www.modyourmac.com/flamingblue/
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#456260 - 08/18/04 08:27 PM Re:B&W Paint Job [Re: aidos]
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The stenciling looks good! I'm going to see about maybe laying some plastic mesh and working with a carbon fiber look if all possible. I am going to try it out on another piece of plastic. If it does not work out, I'll just paint it normally. I'm going to mold some clear rubber-ish handle pieces with possibly something as simple as silicone caulk. That way it's dirt cheap and I can tint it. I can always just go eBay and get some of the G4 tabs if that does not work out either.
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#456261 - 08/18/04 08:41 PM Re:B&W Paint Job [Re: aidos]
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One thing I've come to find is that local hobby shops have a lot of stuff that does wonders for this kind of thing. Not the chain stores mind you, the small specialty places. I've found laser printable water decals there, sheets of carbon fiber stickers, all kinds of awesome stuff, thats usually not that expensive. Look there for carbon fiber stuffs, and you wont be dissappointed.

Glad you liked the flames. Personally, I think the case is one of my better ones smile
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