13 January 2008
The Ugly Duckling: An Ode to Hair-dye
)Published on January 13th, 2008 @ 12:36:29 am, using 207 words, 255 views
Well, to start out, I will go with my notebook. I purchase a Dell Inspiron 6400. Having received a decent portable machine, I enjoyed it at first. Until I set it down next to sexy black MacBook. You see my dilemma. Besides, it was an excuse to take something apart.
First Step, starting with the lid/screen plastics of course. It needs to come apart.
Second, sanding. Now, having hind-sight, some of this plastic is white painted gray/silver, and some of it is just gray/silver plastic. The trick, is knowing which. I started with a course grit sandpaper. Later learning I needed a finer grit.
Third, the paint. I chose a nice flat black car paint. I should have chosen one that was not as smelly. However, the smell did keep the wombats at bay for a while. As you can see in the upper right, the gray/silver on this plastic was indeed paint. So paint over paint starts to peel.
Moving on to the tricky parts. There were a few places that needed to remain the same colour. This plastic is actually gray/silver, unpainted.
Sanded all the gray paint off this piece, covered up the parts that did not need to be painted.
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