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nice and clean my man^^^

Any updates?

i got a bunch of the little frigin buttons painted but im not going to post up anything until i get the screen back..then i will post up some nice pics of it all finished up..they called today to make sure everything was ok so i think they might have got it done today but r letting it dry till tommorrow........hopefully!!!

Yo you never notice how many buttons these things have until you remove them all and start painting...

I think the sickest thing I've seen in a classic is his internal SCSI card reader.

but I'm a sucker for electronics and technical mods

poundaproblem wrote:Yo you never notice how many buttons these things have until you remove them all and start painting...

no kidding..

I used to like those car models when i was a youngster. I used to break off all the plastic car parts and paint them first and then assemble them. They wound up looking 100 times better that way, especially once you got the hang of painting the body of the car without streaks. I wish I still had those.

poundaproblem wrote:Yo you never notice how many buttons these things have until you remove them all and start painting...

tell me about it..i painted like 6 of these joints now..buttons and all...so thats like 60,000 paint jobs in the last 5 months

SMC wrote:I think the sickest thing I've seen in a classic is his internal SCSI card reader.

but I'm a sucker for electronics and technical mods

i just seen that today and it looked hella clean..

mr_debauch wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:Yo you never notice how many buttons these things have until you remove them all and start painting...

no kidding..

I used to like those car models when i was a youngster. I used to break off all the plastic car parts and paint them first and then assemble them. They wound up looking 100 times better that way, especially once you got the hang of painting the body of the car without streaks. I wish I still had those.

i do the same thing STILL...
check it out..i'll have to find some of them and take pics..
but..i wrap my seats and stuff them
i make the doors open
usually a hood or trunk open also
sometimes i'll throw the foil under the hood for that mirror image
cork will work wonders!!!!
i also make air freshners and dice over the mirrors..
this hobby is where the girly craft stores come in mad handy..
i usually make lowriders or hotrods.
damn i really gotta find some of my old ones..
i moved 500 miles away from home about 4 years ago and still have all that stuff packed away,,and am looking at moving again soon
dude mentioning that has got me on a roll to go find these....aright im goin to look!!!

ok so i chipped my surround on the blue joint and tried to remove the paint to re-do the job and ended up melting the plastic from the thinner

ordered a new one bout 2 mins ago..so waiting for that now..

also still no word from the screen printers,,poke a55 bastards..

got all my buttons done..they are two tone blue and silver..looks pretty dope..

ok just an update..

ok just got word from my screener,,he says should be done by thursday,friday at the latest..

but now im waiting on the surround to get here,then slap it all together and see what it looks like..pics very soon...

Any new pics?

hopefully today..
i messed up a few buttons from the clear i have....after painting and letting a few buttons dry..i tried to clear them and the paint keeps bubbling up,,getting me super mad,,because then i try to remove the paint and i screw up the plastic in the proccess..so i have to find some place that sells the 2000xl jog or i have to find something to fit..

damn.. why is it always the buttons? first it was with explict's cursor, now its this

I avoid painting things like buttons as much as possible.

There's a lot of chemistry involved in painting plastics, and in order to really get it right, you need to know exactly what type of composite the plastic is, and know exactly what chemicals you need in your paint to guarantee proper adhesion to avoid peeling, chipping, excessive wear, etc.

Also, when spraying multiple coats of paint you need to make sure you either shoot within the alloted time before the paint sets up, or you need to wait for it to completely cure, and then prep the surface properly (Usually fine grit sanding)..... and then again there is the chemistry of the paints..... making sure your coats of color, or clear or whatever are all compatible chemicals.

In high wear areas like buttons, these things are chritical.

It'd be nice to find these buttons cheap. Then they could just be bought in the desired pigment, rather than painting..... I haven't been able to locate them.

Correct terminology for the type of button would be helpful.

I've searched button+stem/s, button+tree/s, and so on and so on and so on, to no avail. I've found similar ones, but not these