> -----Original Message----- > From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Colin > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:27 PM > To: PCI PowerMacs > Subject: Re: [PCI] A New 6500 > > > Bob Schmidt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > What kind of paint do you use? any knid of special tricks a guy needs > > to know before he does it? > > Not acrylic paint, that's for damned sure. Now whenever I touch my new > silver 8500, I end up with silver hands. Spray paint works well, but I > would recommend auto (enamel-based) paint whenever possible. Check out > your local car supply shop.
Krylon Fusion is what I used. This is a special paint just for plastic it runs about 5-6 bucks a can. > Of course, once you've got the paint down, you're probably gonna want to > pimp it out even more. My 8500 has grilles on both sides, which would > make an internal cold cathode light really spectacular. Or maybe cut a > window in the right side after that in the shape of the Apple logo, > exposing the back of the motherboard to the world, bathed in a nice blue > light. Ooh yeah. I've stuck to paint and sticker treatments so far on the Mac's. The two tools that are essential if you're going to start cutting into case panels are a hole cutter and dremal tool. I've been leery of making the attempt on cases. That I didn't have ready access to spare panels for. That's one thing I'd recommend is practice on a gutted out case first. It's very easy to make mistakes. The old saying about measure twice cut once are words to live by. > Almost every PC mod can be done to a Mac, you'll just have to be more > creative given that Macs really aren't meant to be modded and pimped out > like any non-store-bought PC. Actually when the case modding craze on the PC side of things started it was all standard four solid sides boring cases too. Now people can buy what I call cheater cases. PC cases with clear side panels fan grills with cut outs have become the norm rather than the exception. If people had to actually cut those side panels themselves. I don't think we'd be inflicted with near as many. I've gone back to a case with solid sides except for the 80mm lighted fan on the left side. I'm going for really cool paint effects rather than cutting holes in the case at this time. Anything that works on a car for a paint effect works on computer cases. One of the really cool things you can do once you have the case painted the color you want. Take a 8x10 color photo you really like and tape it down with thin double stick tape then blast the whole thing with about 5 clear coats. Makes a very attractive effect on the right hand side. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
