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geekhack Community => geekhack Media => Topic started by: nubbinator on Fri, 23 August 2013, 18:13:32
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I did this mod a little while ago, but feel it's worth sharing again.
Cyan QFR
Directions for opening your case and painting it:
1. Break the warranty sticker on the back, unscrew the Philip's head screw under it.
2. Slip a putty knife under the front or rear lip and gently lift up, working from one end to the other. DO the same on the other side. What you're doing here is popping the tabs out so you can slip the shell off. I prefer starting from the front, but front or rear is fine.
3. Go to town on the rubberizer with sandpaper. I start with a heavy grit and move to a fine grit once plastic starts showing and finished with a 400 grit or finer sandpaper. Sand off all of the rubberizer. Either brush the dust off or rinse it off and let it dry. I did the latter.
5. Apply plastic primer. I use Montana Gold Plastic Primer, but others can be used.
4. Paint with your paint of choice. Mine was Montana Gold since I get full coverage in a coat or two. Just make sure it's a paint that doesn't react with plastic. Make sure to let the paint dry or, at the very least, get to the point of being just barely tacky before applying a second coat. Ideally you want to let it dry completely and do a light sanding with a fine grit sandpaper just fine enough to get rid of any orange peeling.
5. Seal it. I used a matte clear coat and did a few coats. I used Rustoleum, but Duplicolor has one that may be nicer. You can do a shiny or matte coat. If you want it completely matte, you could do clear PlastiDip over the clear coat.
Finished product:
(http://i.imgur.com/qB3bxUO.jpg)
Finished product with Pau Amarello and Red Gum wrist wrests:
(http://i.imgur.com/QYA1lUUh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/f9DAMadh.jpg)
I'm looking at doing a novel coating to another case, but it's a little pricey to do, so I'm debating.
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+1 vote for the color
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I'm gonna use this guide. Maybe Not the color, but I like the guide.
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+1 vote for the color
Make that a +2! This was always my favorite modded QFR case.
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I don't think you can enter since this has been done before the contest has begun.
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+1 for the whole keyboard + wrist rest
Very nice looking colour :thumb:
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this is by far the prettiest keyboard on GH.
without having to spend 400+
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great guide. quick q though: isn't plastidip fairly opaque? or is there a plastidip clearcoat?
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great guide. quick q though: isn't plastidip fairly opaque? or is there a plastidip clearcoat?
There is clear plastidip. The clear isn't perfectly clear, but it's close. The problem with the clear is that it can sometimes get, for a lack of a better word, feathery looking.
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This is a great looking keyboard. I only hope mine comes out looking 1/10 this good!
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That is awesome. I gotta do something like this.
I imagine all the painting techniques for automobile plastic models can apply here too, right? I mean, sanding and compounding and polishing ad infinitum?
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This is pretty righteous!
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This one gave me ideas for my keycap set.
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Wow, looks amazing nubbs!
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#newUserNecro
Is a pretty nice case though.
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#newUserNecro
Is a pretty nice case though.
Meme opportunity?!
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/pyranack/Necro-1.jpg)
Nice case there Nubbs!
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Love the color on the board! :thumb: :thumb:
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This is a good guide...and worth the necro! (bump) ;D
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which keycaps are you using, they are right cool