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    Krylon painting

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by eXeC-, Jun 13, 2008.

  1. eXeC-

    eXeC- Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello

    I would like to custom paint my laptop at an affordable price.. and i found some persons talking about the krylon paint.
    have anyone used them for their laptop? the fusion one.. supposed to require no special preparation before applying
    what are the required equipments to perform a paint job with the krylon paint?
    is there some kind of finish paint to be applied after applying the paint.. or anything to be done before? ..



    and where can i have them ordered online?

    please let me know ^^

    thank you
     
    eXeC-, Jun 13, 2008
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    I used it on my xbox 360 and it worked great.
     
    nizzy1115, Jun 13, 2008
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    directly? without doing any prep?
     
    eXeC-, Jun 14, 2008
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    of course i prepped! it took 2 days to complete. three are many people here that did their laptops just search for their threads.
     
    nizzy1115, Jun 14, 2008
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    ive looked at soooo many threads and some talk about using the Krylon fusion without prep..
    and some did still with krylon fusion
    but the one that didn't do preps didn't give a feedback at the end of how it turned out
     
    eXeC-, Jun 15, 2008
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    I think that you will always get the best results if you prep it right.
     
    nizzy1115, Jun 15, 2008
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    Krylon is the paint or the painting process?
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 16, 2008
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    it is paint
     
    nizzy1115, Jun 16, 2008
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    Yeah I'm going to paint mine soon too I believe. Kinda nervous I'll screw something up, because taking the parts off and painting might be a pain without the full service manual.

    What do you guys recommend for the clear coat? does krylon make one or what do you recommend?
     
    The Forerunner, Jun 16, 2008
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    well i'm planning not to disassemble mine since it's like only 2 weeks old rite now.
    But i had the design.. i'm planning on having a relief logo on the lid, but with a simple paint job done first. I'm thinking of a silver like color.
    The relief logo is the FF7 Cloud one.. it's in metal silver too..
     
    eXeC-, Jun 17, 2008
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