Fun with bondo

ClutchClutch North Carolina New
edited May 2004 in Hardware
Ok so I got another case I am working on besides the flame one in the other thread. There are some holes, and a design in the side panels that I want to cover up to make a smooth panel with. So I got some bondo ( every modder needs bondo ) and started working. This is my first attempt at bondo so bare with me. One word of advice, this stuff drys fast, so remember that when you are patching up your case in the future.


Here are some pics of the process.

First pic is after the bondo has been applied, and drying. After this step, you have to sand it all down.

Also a pic of my mess I have made in my room with all the modding stuff I have got within the past day or so. Once this modding bug hits, man it hits hard, haha

Comments

  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited May 2004
    Thats awesome man. All your modding pics has made me want to paint my monitor either blue or black.

    It looks like you have recently gained quite a bit of experience with it, and your work apears to be quite good.

    Any suggestions on how I might go about painting a monitor?
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited May 2004
    FormFactor wrote:
    Thats awesome man. All your modding pics has made me want to paint my monitor either blue or black.

    It looks like you have recently gained quite a bit of experience with it, and your work apears to be quite good.

    Any suggestions on how I might go about painting a monitor?

    be careful ;D
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited May 2004
    Were you planning on taking the monitor apart to paint? If so, then you don't have to worry about masking the screen with tape and all. Get some paint that is for plastic. Might want to look into the dye type things to for pastic. I saw some paint at Advanced Auto today that was made for plastic, can't remember the name of it, think it was made by Krylon.

    If you take it all apart, just sand it down with some 600 gritt and primer, sand, and paint. The hardest part is waiting for it to dry. I would also get some cardboard to practice on to get the even strokes thing down as well. Just be sure to get some good paint for plastic though, very important. And if you have to tape anything, get some GOOD quality tape, can't stress that enough.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    The best advice for those looking to paint a crt: Don't.

    CRTs are extremely dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. They contain circuits with approximately 1kV for every diagonal inch of screen space- 15,000-24,000v, depending on the size of the monitor.

    You f**k up good enough while working on a CRT, and it'll kill you.
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited May 2004
    If CRTs don't kill you then women or drinking will, haha
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited May 2004
    yea bondo is good stuff, they also make a orange gel also to fix minor air bubbles if you get them.
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