Looking to paint my lappy...

FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
edited August 2003 in Hardware
OK so not really going to paint the laptop but this quicksnap cover which is made of plastic. I have attached a picture of it. It is supposed to look like lava but it looks like wood. I mean how cool is that. a laptop that looks like it is made of wood. What is this the friggin Flintstones?

anyway, I wanted to go with a blue and greyish camo type design. Like the Germans used, but I have no artistic ability whatsoever. So how does a guy with no artistic ability paint a piece of plastic to look like urban camo?


any help would be greatly apreciated!!!

thanks in advance
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  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited August 2003
    You might look into immersible printing.

    My step brother and I have been talking about doing this for a while, but it takes an investment we don't quite have at the moment to get started.

    Anyway, you can pick from a number of designs or, if the shop allows, you can give them a design of your own and they will print it onto the film to be used. You will probably have to disassemble your laptop first, if not they might charge you to do it, and they could break your stuff.
  • NixxerNixxer Nottingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    FormFactor said
    a laptop that looks like it is made of wood. What is this the friggin Flintstones?

    Surely it would be made out of stone :P

    I want to paint my laptop, but I can't be bothered and its currently borked.
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited August 2003
    no I wouldnt need to disassemble it. Its like a snap on piece of plastic that goes over the top. any recommendations on a good shop or what the cost is?
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited August 2003
    What about a paint marker?

    anyone tried that?
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    paint marker is a good bet if u use white primer at first...add a couple of coats of the white primer... then just use a magic marker of sum sort...it *should* work
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited August 2003
    Little OT, but... just to point out, that Dell quicksnap is, in fact, supposed to look like wood- it's a burl walnut pattern...
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited August 2003
    If you went the immersible printing route you would . . . unless you like dipping your whole laptop in a vat of water with many chemicals.
    FormFactor said
    no I wouldnt need to disassemble it. Its like a snap on piece of plastic that goes over the top. any recommendations on a good shop or what the cost is?
  • LawnMMLawnMM Colorado
    edited August 2003
    Use that new Krylon fusion spraypaint that bonds to plastic, tape up a design and spray it in stencil style
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2003
    Noo... I'd never come out good enough. I'd go with the stick/clip on patters if possible.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I just helped my friend Krylon Fusion his plastic case. Looked ubersweet, wasn't sticky, and highly resistant to chipping.
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited August 2003
    Geeky1 said
    Little OT, but... just to point out, that Dell quicksnap is, in fact, supposed to look like wood- it's a burl walnut pattern...

    No I ordered the Lava one, but that one looks just like the burlwood one.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    krylon does have sum phenominial paint...
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited August 2003
    TheSmJ said
    Noo... I'd never come out good enough. I'd go with the stick/clip on patters if possible.

    Please elaborate.

    I have looked all over for these stick on patterns, but have been unsuccessful. Any idea where a guy might pick one up?
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