14 Jul
1998
14 Jul
'98
9:52 a.m.
At 07:38 PM 7/13/98 -0700, Tom Owad wrote:
It's too cool a thread to be off-topic.
There's an outfit here in San Francisco that does custom paint jobs on
computers and they have more work than they know what to do with.
One of my dreams is to re-case my CPU and monitor in mahogany and brass
like 19th century scientific gear. It wouldn't be that big a job, but then
I'd have to build a keyboard from scratch with engraved ivory
keys...umm...I think I'll put it off a little longer.
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I've been tempted to do that too. :-) What
kind of paint would be best
for this? And how would you go about cleaning the unit before hand?
Hmmm. I would probably go with a really fine sandpaper to give the paint
something to stick to, then if I wanted, clear coat the finished product
for a good seal against possible flaking. I painted a 14" SVGA monitor
once. Flat black, straight out of a cheap spraypaint can. It never flaked,
but some did rub off when I moved the monitor. I touched it up with black
magic marker.
I have this weird idea that one day custom paint jobs on computers might
make me some extra money. Am I crazy? Do you think there would ever be a
market for it?
I've seen one guy on the net that has built custom mahogany and marble
cases for his Mac cx and others. Was cool to see a more recent Apple in
wood. :)
Is this off-topic?