DIY: Laptop's Paintjob

[Ov3rboost]

Salam all. I did a DIY recently and thought I'd share it with you guys. My laptop used to look dull and boring so I gave it a new paintjob.

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Ok good.
So, where are the pics?

 

[Ov3rboost]

I've got a whole write-up written and trying to upload it but it keeps giving me the error that the message you've entered is too short please lengthen it. Can any mod help me out here? Thanks.

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Sanded down the previous paint so that I had a smooth surface to start with.

Laid a matte black base coat.

Sanded the base coat.

Here’s a stencil that I made.

Gave it a carbon fiber texture using the stencil.

Masked out the area that I didn’t want to be painted.

First coat of red.

After several coats of red and the masking taken off.

Applied 5-6 coats of clear lacquer.

After 2 days of letting it rest so that the paint dried completely, I wetsanded a couple of layers of lacquer off.

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Here’s something that went wrong. When I removed the masking before laying the clear coat, the masking tape left a little residue on the carbon fiber portion and it was too late into the paintjob to clean it off and start over so I covered that residue with clear lacquer so that I can find a solution for it later on. You’ll see uneven lines on the carbon fiber area in the pics which are due to this residue. But later I found a solution.

I buffed the painted surface using cutting crème and some elbow grease to bring the shine back. You can see the difference between the colour sanded and the buffed area.

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Here’s the finished outside of the laptop. You’ll see that I’ve covered the spoiled area with a PVC sticker. And the silver sticker also complements the red/black colour combo.
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Now the inside.
Sorry I didn’t take any in-progress photos of the inside but here’s the final result.

Autobots on the left and Decepticons on the right

And that's all Folks!

 

[shajeel]

Really nice work dude....one question...wet sanding with how many grits Sandpaper ?

 

[hotgamerft]

Awsome work bro, its looks smexy now

 

[theDarkDisciple]

Looks quite cool now, nicely done. And this is probably the first time Ive seen a laptop paint-mod

 

[Ov3rboost]

Thanks guys

@Shajeel. First I used a 1200 grit sandpaper and later used a 1500 grit one.

@theDarkdisciple. I havent seen a laptop paint mod before either. Thats why I thought I'd try something different.

 

[JANASHEEN]

good work impressive !!

 

[R3Z0N]

Great job man, do tell me how you painted the inside...

 

[JJDoctor]

You in islamabad... man tell me how to do that stuff... i have a mint laptop i want u to do the same stuff with that , u can charge me for it..... really an awesome work of art......

 

[shajeel]

acha..sahi...it did its work then..i assumed definitely it wud be above 1000 grit

splendid work...and since ur an artist thats even more awesome... i like the car sketch in the background mate.... can i get a close up of that ?

and ive seen laptop paint mods before... lemme post pics..

or just check some out here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?page=7&t=107849
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=107849&page=2

 

[StrikerX]

really neat work. Have fun.

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Wow. THE INSIDE JUST ROCKS MAN!
Excellent stuff.

 

[smaadjahangir]

very nice work........

 

[Cyclone123]

cool :wink2:

 

[GoldenHawk]

Nice Mod bro the laptop is looking Awesome Now

 

[Ov3rboost]

Thank you all four your appreciation

@Shajeel. Thanks bro. The sketch was actually made by a friend of mine. Here it is:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbochargedfreak/DSC02818.jpg

And those are some pretty nicely done laptops there. I really liked the monza one.

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@Rezon. I had to be very careful while sanding the inside of the laptop so that I dont let water seep into any of the openings. Then it was just a matter of masking it properly before spraying.

@Jdoctor. I'd suggest you not to paint the laptop since its new. Mine was 3 years old and had scratches on it thats why I painted it.

 

[AliGhanizad]

Really bro, I really respect your work, the way you did it so professionally. That really is a great DIY project. Jus love such kinda jobs, i m n usa for now and have bought a laptop too, it was at a great price, 200 dollasts. So i am thinking of doing a paintjob too, ill do it sometimes.


RESPECT.

 

[Ov3rboost]

Thanks bro. And goodluck for your paintjob

 

[Jigger]

great job man!! looks soo AHA'wesome!!..damn cool!