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[matty13]

One of my friends called Will Searle has painted his laptop, thought i'd show you guys, it looks pretty sweet to be honest! I love colours he used though check it out:


Post your comments.

[Bawx]

Looks really rough ands tacky. Not tacky as in hideous, tacky as in the texture.

[@mac]

looks like it needs to be sanded down. respraied, then sanded and then a clearcoat.

[matty13]

AltecXP, on May 24 2007, 20:22, said:

looks like it needs to be sanded down. respraied, then sanded and then a clearcoat.

He said hes doing that next week.

[etempest]

I think it looks really slick, I like it.

[Samboini]

No offense, I think it looks really cheap and hideous. I like the vibrant red colour but the texture is horrible and the laptop isn't really sleek enough to get away with it :\

[MrKuro]

tacky . . .yeah that pretty much sums it up

[jamesyfx]

Doesn't really make much sense to me, why paint one bit of the laptop red? Why doesn't he do the upper section as well?

[GEIST]

Looks ghettolicious.

[Kushan]

Yeah I agree it looks quite bad. He's used too thick a paint for the job, or pt too much on. It should be a nice, light coating so it looks flat and smooth.

[NienorGT]

Don't know, but that seems that he used the wrong paint, it look like a metal plate now.

[metallithrax]

I'd much prefer one of these.

[exanimas]

I think it won't look so bad once he smooths out the texture of the paint and clearcoats it. Black and red usually go together well, but as most have pointed out already, the texture is too rough making it look very amateur. Post up some more pics when he's finished though, I'd be interested to see.

[+Echilon]

Bawx, on May 24 2007, 20:20, said:

Looks really rough ands tacky. Not tacky as in hideous, tacky as in the texture.

Agreed. I decided to spray paint my phone once after reading a guide. It put me off painting gadgets for life. It never screwed back together properly due to the 1mm or so coating of paint, and it chipped. I ended up getting a silicone cover o try to hide it.

[nik louch]

Back when customising phones was big - I made a small fortune oppering custom paint jobs. The key is to use the right materials and techniques. This guy clearly hasn't - but we all learn somewhere (though not on an expensive laptop).

It's all about cleaning, preparation, sanding, wet & dry paper, thin coats, more sanding, thin coats, more sanding, thin coats, letting it totally dry and then applying a clear finish.

Getting a perfect finish is time consuming, and is meant to be. But so worthwhile. If you do it right it won't chip, wont look tacky and will be amazing!