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    spray painting Vinyl laptop skin?

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by avanish11, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    Has anybody spray painted a vinyl laptop skin before? I was originally going to make a custom skin out of leather contact paper, but my dad couldn't find any in India, where stuff is very cheap.

    However, he did find some cheap standard laptop skins (about $4 for a 17" skin.) My dad bought 2. One for the lid, and one for the palmrests.

    Now the problem is that they look very garish. They are pictures of a red corvette. I'm not too big on cars, so I'd like to just paint it solid black and put it on my laptop. Would it work? my dad was saying that the paint wouldn't stick to the vinyl.
     
    avanish11, Jan 16, 2009
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  2. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    *tumbleweed rolls by* Where'd everyone go???
     
    avanish11, Jan 17, 2009
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Vinyl is a very smooth surface, so you may need to sand the surface in order to increase the surface area, and the chances that the paint will stick.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 17, 2009
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  4. avanish11

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    Ahh ok. Would the paint peel or flake if I didn't put a clearcoat on it?
     
    avanish11, Jan 18, 2009
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    Gruven98 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Home Depot sells PVC paint to refurb lawn furniture. If that won't spray over and stick to vinyl, nothing will. good luck... :)
     
    Gruven98, Jan 21, 2009
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    thanks. Home depot is around 40 minutes away from my house. Next time I'm in the area, I'll check it out.
     
    avanish11, Jan 21, 2009
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    tonyyyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol paint job on a laptop thats a crazy idea!
     
    tonyyyp, Jan 22, 2009
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    Bungalo Bill Notebook Deity

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    Have you even read any of the threads in this forum?

    Also, why not just paint the laptop itself?
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 23, 2009
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  9. avanish11

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    Paranoia. If some hardware goes bad, and I have to send it in, they might reject it saying that it died when I modified the computer.
     
    avanish11, Jan 23, 2009
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    Thanks for all your post, I have the same problem and now it has been sorted!
     
    leveup2, Mar 19, 2009
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  11. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    quick note, the PVC paint works well on vinyl if you sand it lightly, tried it last night
     
    crazycanuk, Mar 20, 2009
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  12. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    they make vinyl paint but ktrons way works as well
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 20, 2009
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  13. rdalev

    rdalev Notebook Evangelist

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    If your going to paint vinyl, then use vinyl paint. I recently painted my lap-desk, which has vinyl on top, wood trim around the edges, and vinyl covered bean-bag filled bottom.

    Went to the local "Automotive" paint store and bought one can of satin black vinyl paint for about $7.00. Looks great .

    BTW, "DO NOT" sand vinyl ! I did scuff up the wood trim with a scotch brite. Just make sure its clean ! I cleaned mine with rubbing alcohol before painting !
     
    rdalev, Apr 12, 2009
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