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post #1 of 19
2/12/04 at 10:26pm
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I painted my mouse, looks pretty cool I think.



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post #2 of 19
2/12/04 at 10:31pm
What kind of paint?
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post #3 of 19
2/12/04 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by MARQUISDARQUIS
What kind of paint?
It was just neon orange model spray paint. I put a couple coats of clear-coat on it after the orange had dried also.
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post #4 of 19
2/13/04 at 10:13am
Cool I would love for my MX900 to match my laptop it loos pretty much teh same as that one just wireless! how did you get the part you painted off?
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post #5 of 19
2/13/04 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by Braingoo
Cool I would love for my MX900 to match my laptop it loos pretty much teh same as that one just wireless! how did you get the part you painted off?
There are 3 screws on the bottom of the mouse. 2 at the top, and one towards the bottom. You remove those, and then the top part comes off. Inside, there's two main circuit boards, one on the bottom part, and one on the top part that your hand covers. There's two screws to remove the circuit board from the top part, and then 8 or 9 screws that remove the part that I painted orange. It really isn't that hard to get off. The other thing I did to it, was remove the piece of metal that makes the scroll wheel click, or seem like it's notched. Now it scrolls smooth without any resistance.
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post #6 of 19
2/13/04 at 11:20am
Thank I may have ti give that a try I would hav eto do my keay board too I go the MX DUO so they would have to match. Yousaid you used just regular modle paint and some clear coat did you do any prep work to the surface before you painted it?
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post #7 of 19
2/13/04 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by Braingoo
Thank I may have ti give that a try I would hav eto do my keay board too I go the MX DUO so they would have to match. Yousaid you used just regular modle paint and some clear coat did you do any prep work to the surface before you painted it?
The only prep I did for it was rubbing it with an alcohol pad to get the grease/dirt off of it. Here's the paint I used. I bought it at a WalMart I believe. I did 4 coats of the orange paint, and then 3 coats of clear-coat. Hope this helps.

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post #8 of 19
2/13/04 at 11:41am
Yhea cool thanks now i just need to find a dark blue that matches my laptop!

Yup they got it

http://www.plastikote.com/plastikote...oduct=OddSpray

Blue metallic looks perfect!

Click colors for the list!
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post #9 of 19
2/13/04 at 2:43pm
Goo, lemme know and see the end results on the blue. If you don't need the rest of the can, I'll buy it from you.
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post #10 of 19
2/13/04 at 2:47pm
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Goo, lemme know and see the end results on the blue. If you don't need the rest of the can, I'll buy it from you.
Well the price of shipping would probably be more thatn going to wal mart and getting your own full can I also want to do the keyboard so i will probably use 2 cans.

If I can get the mouse, the base , and the keyboard the would be sweet

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post #11 of 19
2/13/04 at 4:38pm
hah. to get the paint to stick for ever you must first use sandpaper like a maniac to get a nice surface. then you put a thin layer of basecoat, then some more sandpaper, then some more base coat... and so on for a while... then you paint your wanted colour in very very thin layers... should need about 6-7 thin thin layers... then gloss it...
just painting on the normal surface will make the paint peel of rather quickly.
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post #12 of 19
2/13/04 at 4:57pm
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Originally Posted by harkon
hah. to get the paint to stick for ever you must first use sandpaper like a maniac to get a nice surface. then you put a thin layer of basecoat, then some more sandpaper, then some more base coat... and so on for a while... then you paint your wanted colour in very very thin layers... should need about 6-7 thin thin layers... then gloss it...
just painting on the normal surface will make the paint peel of rather quickly.
Well, seing as how it's paint made for plastics, you don't have to sanpaper it before you paint it. And it doesn't matter how many layers you do.
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post #13 of 19
2/13/04 at 5:52pm
Well the mouse in your pics sure does look sweet I hope it does not peel on you I will try the same anyway and see if is works for me too. BTW how much did the paint cost just curious.
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post #14 of 19
2/13/04 at 10:54pm
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Originally Posted by Braingoo
Well the mouse in your pics sure does look sweet I hope it does not peel on you I will try the same anyway and see if is works for me too. BTW how much did the paint cost just curious.
The paint was like $2.50 or something like that.
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post #15 of 19
2/17/04 at 11:11am
I've got an old microsoft intelimouse optical I use on an older comptuer I will try it out on that first and see what happens if it hold s up well Iwill do my logitech mouse.
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post #16 of 19
2/17/04 at 10:10pm
lol i did the same thing with my Sony Ericsoson T-616 cell phone, I'd give u pics if i didnt use the camera on the phone
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post #17 of 19
2/18/04 at 12:18am
Take a picture of it using a mirror.
Sometimes technology spoils us so much we expect it to solve problems. :-)



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Originally Posted by Elementay
lol i did the same thing with my Sony Ericsoson T-616 cell phone, I'd give u pics if i didnt use the camera on the phone
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post #18 of 19
2/18/04 at 12:25am
I'm gonna wait till I get my laptop for the THIRD time, tommarow and ill put pics of my phone and my computer and all that special stuff. The family APPLE iMAC is giving me some issues when im uploading pictures and i gotta find m bluetooth usb adapter so i can transfer the pics from my phone, i love that bluetooth stuff, lol , i always play my freind in wireless cell phone mini golf in math class...lol
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post #19 of 19
2/18/04 at 2:42am
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I'm gonna wait till I get my laptop for the THIRD time, tommarow and ill put pics of my phone and my computer and all that special stuff. The family APPLE iMAC is giving me some issues when im uploading pictures and i gotta find m bluetooth usb adapter so i can transfer the pics from my phone, i love that bluetooth stuff, lol , i always play my freind in wireless cell phone mini golf in math class...lol
Yea I'd like to see the pictures of your stuff. I've never used bluetooth but it sounds pretty cool. Good luck with your laptop. I'm still on phase 4
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