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Old 01-December-02, 04:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Well, I was gone a couple days painting my monitor.

I am happy to say that I am looking at the display right now....so I did not bugger anything up!

Gentleman - the monitor formerly known as "Beige":





By the way, vinyl dye rocks!
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Old 01-December-02, 04:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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that is sweet well worth the effort and time.
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Old 01-December-02, 05:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
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yeah i painted a 15 inch i got for free i want to post it but no cameras
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Old 01-December-02, 06:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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ROCK ON! Nice job Putwig. Was it hard to do I allways wanted a black shelled moniter!
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Old 01-December-02, 07:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The vinyl dye is virtually newb proof erok!

Just wash everything with a green scrubby and dish soap, rinse, and leave to dry.

Then hit quickly with a tack cloth to remove any dust or debris, then proceed with multiple thin coats. You only need to wait 5-10 mins between coats!

And if black is what you want, its is cheap and readily available $5.99 CDN a can at Canadian Tire.

The yellow was a custom color that I had to get mixed $35.00 CDN a pint plus a $10 CDN spray canister duhmah hickey.
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Old 01-December-02, 09:04 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Nicely Done. Mmmmmm, Lellow! Ooo err.
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Old 01-December-02, 09:06 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Damn, that is some fast working dye! Guess I'll have to try and find some to finish me a nice logitech black and silver theme. How come black was so much cheaper than the mixed color?
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Old 01-December-02, 09:32 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Putwig ,
Man i have been following this and everything looks great kind of wanting to do the same (not color) but great call on getting a custom mix yellow.How or where did you find it?did you go to a place custom cars or something?cant wait to see the whole thing put together.
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Old 01-December-02, 10:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Thanx everyone!

@ Cyphre - the black is an off the shelf pre mixed spray can. The yellow is a custom color that I had to get mixed at the paint supply shop (I couldn't find yellow in an off the shelf can).

@ Flounder - the yellow dye came from an auto paint supply place.
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Old 01-December-02, 11:16 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Putwig, I wanted to ask you if there is easy way to take apart my monitor, I just don't want to screw anything up inside! I take my tower apart many time just not my monitor! Any help would be great! Btw still work on my friend getting you the copy of windows looks like I can get it early Jan /03.
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Old 01-December-02, 11:27 PM   #11 (permalink)
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So that's vinyl dye at work eh....really sweet

Good job man!
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Old 01-December-02, 11:36 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Erok :

No real tricks to taking apart the monitor. I was scared sheitless.

Place it screen down on a blanket, undo the screws and lift off the back (mine had 2 screws and 2 little clips).

Once the back is off you will have to survey the situation. I hear tell of some danger within, so I touched only the metal mounting brackets around the screen (one in each corner).

I then lifted the CRT and pcb board out and layed them screen down on the blanket.

Assembly was the reverse of that sequence.

I required a second set of hands (wife ) for both the dissassemble and the reassemble.

All that said....I was really freakin happy when I fired it up and it worked!
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Old 02-December-02, 06:33 AM   #13 (permalink)
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looks real good putwig! Im gonna try painting my old 19" moniter, once i go out and buy a new one/
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Old 02-December-02, 08:14 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Btw still work on my friend getting you the copy of windows looks like I can get it early Jan /03.


cmon folks move along no illegal **** here
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Old 02-December-02, 12:19 PM   #15 (permalink)
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ClowN - you assume too much!

We are talking about a completely legal copy of win xp!

Edit - and the more I think about it, I am a little pissed at the inference...........

Edit (again) -

Do you really think, if I were looking for illegal copies of windows (which I am not! ), I would need erok (who lives in a different country ) to find them for me?



Rant over!

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