laptop painting

looking for someone to paint my clevo x7200 hot pink, want everything panted except the toughpad, keyboard and the bezel above keyboard. tell me what you will charge and your exprience.

 

First of all... LOL I approve!

Second... should probably be in a different section, "custom builds and cosmetic modifications". I've asked a mod to move your thread.

 

When you say painting do you mean a graphic or the entire laptop? I wouldn't recommend painting the entire laptop since that would require a complete disassembled to do a good job. Even then it's unlikely it would stick unless the surface was distressed. Something not advised on non metal cases.

 

Challange accepted.

 

Or you could simply apply carbon fiber wrap of various colors. Easy to apply, remove and is sturdy enough to last you a few solid years.
This is one of my mods, a little over-dosed but still...

Here's a glare reduction mod on M18x with custom made bezel + carbon + custom made logo in alien language.

 

I know this post is an old one, but did you manage to do something ?
Quiet interested in the results, I was thinking about doing the same kind of thing but it will surely avoid the warranty, no ?

 

If you are intrested in painting: Yes, painting a laptop does work. For example here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/not...1391-custom-powder-coated-alienware-m15x.html

This guy also did a proper job:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/not...ted-my-notebook-alienware-superman-theme.html

I've painted my Qosmio Black, and it did work, but however, it does not feel orginal you know? You have to dissasble your whole laptop, and have to be carefull when paiting the corners so the color does not get dobble. Also, you have to do it inside anywhere, outside bunch of dust will collect up on it, no matter what.

 

I painted the lid, buttons, and touchpad of a 4 year old Toshiba laptop I have. It turned out semi-pro looking but I did it slowly and cautiously over the course the whole summer. If I made a mistake I sanded that part down flat and I wetsanded everything after two days of drying in the sun. I also did about 10 coats over everything and polished the paint. It wasn't perfect, but you wouldn't notice the imperfections unless it was your own laptop. I never put the laptop back together because I didn't have time and the parts are just sitting in a closest at my mother's house. I'll get back to it next summer.

It did help that I had experience painting a couple of cars as I used many of the same techniques.

 

NEXT SUMMER?! That's like a whole year remaining!

 

Here's the most recent one I did:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...ack-nebula-red-lunar-silver-nvidia-green.html

If you want I can do it for you, just PM me.

 

I would get to it sooner if I could, but alas, I'm 12 time zones away.

 

Now, that is a bit far away, yes.

 

Very nico job on the Superman one, I just didn't understand if you need something to fix the painting on plastic, it should get weird after some use, no ?

 

Here's a tip:

Make sure to do this in a dust free environment

-sand the plastic parts to remove the glossy finish
-don't touch it with your hands.
-rinse the parts with cold water
-let them dry
-attach a wire (i.e. electric wire) to it (find two holes so you'll be able to hang them to avoid touching them)
-hold the wire and drown the parts in acetone (here is 11euro/5l of industrial acetone at leroy merlin) a little bit.
-hang the parts something like this:

Spoiler

and let the acetone evaporate.
-apply first coat(a fine one) of paint and let it hang for ~5 minutes and apply a second coat (also fine) let it hang for 5 more minutes and apply (if you want) a fine coat of varnish.

-let the parts dry for a day to make sure and that's it.

 

A dust free environment is pretty much impossible. And unless you are a pro you are going to make mistakes in applying the paint. Wetsanding is definitely the way to go.

 

I tried to do that in my backyard, it failed. There is too much flying around there. I did go for a drink and I've even found a bug that tried to get actros. However, second time, it went fine, inside.

 

the only thing you need to paint is the top, cover, of the laptop as thats what people will be looking at pretty simple. Put a bag over the keyboard, protect the screen with painters tape , and think up a nice design for the cover

 

I disagree. It wouldn't bee any nice if the lid is pink and palmrest blue, in my case.

 

And also for best results, just dismantle it.