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Rhino Liner On Laptop???

post #1 of 21
1/1/05 at 11:48pm
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Do any of you folks think it would be cool to have the external panels of your laptops sprayed with rhino liner???

Man is that stuff durable!!!!!!
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post #2 of 21
1/2/05 at 12:00am
I think it would ok on a flat smooth shaped laptop. Something along the lines of a thinkpad.
If you are talking about the emachine- I know if you prep/strip the parts yourself, a body sop will usually only charge a small fee to use automotive paint on it.
Hmmm...Corvette Blue sounds nice
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post #3 of 21
1/2/05 at 12:05am
I have been thinking the same thing. Has anyone done it? Imagining a few coats of candy apple red...
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post #4 of 21
1/2/05 at 1:33am
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I was looking at it, at an entirely different point of view, I would think it would be good to apply to a beat up laptop to hide any cracks or blemishes and plus for the durability factor for a new one.

I just think it would look cool, my taste may change though after I see one.
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post #5 of 21
1/2/05 at 1:53am
Photoshop anyone??
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post #6 of 21
1/2/05 at 5:50pm
compman i am way ahead of u. already doing that to my m6805 . it had... blemishes and cracks i just had to deal with. it gets a facelift, plus the plastics are stronger because of the coat of paint.
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post #7 of 21
1/6/05 at 2:09am
I want to see someone put one of those chameleon paint jobs on their notebook
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post #8 of 21
1/6/05 at 1:04pm
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Originally Posted by Brib3
compman i am way ahead of u. already doing that to my m6805 . it had... blemishes and cracks i just had to deal with. it gets a facelift, plus the plastics are stronger because of the coat of paint.
ooh tell us more!
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post #9 of 21
1/9/05 at 1:00am
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Originally Posted by Brib3
compman i am way ahead of u. already doing that to my m6805 . it had... blemishes and cracks i just had to deal with. it gets a facelift, plus the plastics are stronger because of the coat of paint.

post some pictures of your project, so we can all see what it looks like.
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post #10 of 21
5/12/05 at 9:06pm
Bedliner plastic on a laptop. SOMEBODY DO IT! And post pics.

This thread is no fun without pics.
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post #11 of 21
5/13/05 at 12:18am
lol bedliner? 2 more days (i think) and pics will b up, but blue painted M6805 Voodoo style. i ran into some troubles (first time painting 4 me), but now it's all good. Just applied the last clear coat on the LCD cap.

if everything goes well assembling all the stuff, i'll post pics
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post #12 of 21
5/13/05 at 12:56am
I really want to see how this turns out, I plan to do mine up after a trip to Cleveland in June. I have no need for my laptop until Early August after that.
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post #13 of 21
5/14/05 at 11:44am
i only mounted the base so far. the backpanel clearcoat needs to dry up a bit. the thing is... i got my first "that's a cool laptop" last night at work , and it's not even completely finished yet (the backpanel i have on right now says gateway and it's silver... i guess it has a certain touch to it with the blue base, but...)

wait 2 more days guyz and i'll have pics up. i can't today and tommorow bc i have to work... unless some1 is impatient and wants to send me a day's paycheck

hope that the coat dries up fgood
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post #14 of 21
5/14/05 at 7:48pm
I'd like to suggest pimprig.com (a PC modding site) to host your photos in their gallery and show off your work. I am only a member of the site, but think another modded laptop would be nice addition to the gallery.
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post #15 of 21
5/17/05 at 2:20am
having some lcd fitment problems... i think there is some excess paint in the binding areas... working on resolving that as we speek
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post #16 of 21
5/17/05 at 7:22pm
Can't wait to see it.
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post #17 of 21
5/17/05 at 11:02pm
That stuffs not cheap!
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post #18 of 21
5/19/05 at 12:46am
here is a preview... sorry i did not find time to take some more pics. tommorow i should get some

hope this will get u through 1 more day
LL
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post #19 of 21
5/19/05 at 1:02am
You baked the paint? what temps and times? Are you planning a write-up?
BTW, looks good.
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post #20 of 21
5/19/05 at 1:37am
this paint is not baked... i baked another paint and i will post the resuls ... not good
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