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Old 18-July-06, 10:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I just got bored and decided to paint my keyboard and mouse. I had a can of Krylon Gold that I'd used for some grills and against my own judgement, I went for it. I did the mouse and after applying a light coat of the gold, I sanded it and applied the finish coats. I then polished it with Mother's Plastic Polish amd WOW was I impressed with myself. Came out with a deep gloss finish like a bowling ball. I then had to try the keyboard. I screwed up the first coat and had pot marks all over it. Nopt having any real primer, I coated it again and then sanded with 400 grit followed by an 800 grit wet sand and repainted. After several coats, I polished it out after 24 hours with Mother's again and while it's not as deep a look as the mouse, it was as perfect as I could ask for. I may tear the board down again and hit it with a clear coat and another polish, but I'll have to be really bored to yank all of the keys again. Let me know what ya' think.
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Old 19-July-06, 02:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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man that looks great. That took alot of work to make it that smooth.Great job. Let me know everytime u do somthing like that i love reading the stories people have creating these monsters.
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Old 19-July-06, 01:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Haha it really does have that bowling ball finish. I dunno about gold though hehehe. Looks great regardless
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Old 19-July-06, 02:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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If it will stay on after using it a couple of months I'd say you did very well for your first paint job!

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Old 19-July-06, 07:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Thanks guys for the comments. I'll let you know if the paint hangs on. If it doesn't. I'll post the pics of a wireless pile of plastic debris.
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