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Hi all,
this is my first post/thread on this magnificent forum. I thought I'd share my experience of respraying my Toshiba Portege M200 tablet pc.
The idea for it came one morning as I had a vision of the tablet being white...
The plan was to take it apart,
protect the insides,
mask anything I didn't want painted and spray it with acrylic. Only then I found AFTER I finished, that I shouldn't have used acrylic as aparently it never ends drying... A two part is what I should have used.
However, moving along.
Since my laptop-taking-apart experience was little (only changing RAM, keyboard, hard drive and wireless card) I decided to take photos of each step. I will attach a few pics of each of the steps so you can visualise the entire process.
So not to elongate the intro:
Here are the first few pics in the series showing how I was careful to document all my dismantling (shows that I must have been incompetent)
A few more
getting there
the keyboard...
speaker and control LEDs
the motherboard is out!
at this stage I carefully wrapped the motherboard and included a dehumidifier sachet to prevent corrosion.
the screen is now separate along with the loom
still many bits left. I was trying to get as many off as I could to prevent paint getting in the wrong places.
number of bits kept increasing. I needed a way to keep them safe
this is the reason I decided to paint it in the first place. The paint on it was so old that it started peeling in many places.
images of the pictograms in case I wanted to recreate them. I haven't felt the need as yet
last thing off the base part was the CPU fan
Then came the screen. It's held together with screws, and additionally has these clips. I used a plastic card to separate the halves without damaging the edges.
the multi button and more bits to keep safe... a solution is coming
most bits came off easily, but the yellow flat thingies, the antennaes were glued to the case, and their wires run along the main loom. That I didn't feel like taking apart... needed another way
in the mean time I tried to get the stickers from the bottom off, following a friends advice who makes his income by building VIP interiors for aircraft. Hesuggested mild heat rather than any messy paint removers. Again, the paint work had shown its weaknesses.
then came the process of masking what was left and preparation to painting. Good pizza is not bad
I decided to make a nice smooth back of the screen. For that I needed to take the TOSHIBA logo off and use some filler. At first I used a single part acrylic. STAY AWAY from that stuff. You'll never get it to dry. Grief and stuffed sanding paper, grrrr. Then I got a bit wiser and got a two part
oh and also, it shrunk as it dried, broke apart and was very messy
And this is how I protected all the bits and stickers
everything painted!
I did the painting in my garage using an old table put in the middle of it, with garage doors wide open for good air flow. I dressed myself like an alien with overalls and mask, goggles and gloves. Once some time back I painted motorcycle parts in the basement of my parents house. I used to do it with no protection at all, and then spend most of the nights sneezing yellow or black and was a bit high due to paint fumes... yucky stuff
correcting the little imperfections after removal of masking tape and paper.
putting it back together using the dismantling photos view on my Toshiba Portege M400
and the finished product. Now its a TOSH-MAC
Hope you've enjoyed my little presentation.
Thanks for viewing
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Man that is some nice paint job you did their....props. it looks like it wasnt your first time spray painting....came out fresh
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Toshiba M200 refurb and repaint
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