Re: [Thinkpad] Custom Colour Thinkpad 560X

Hello,

>>Just gone 2am and finished today's project - spray paint the 560X
>
> Solid
>
>>State metalic green. :-)
>
>
> There used to be a list member who turned painting 560s into a side
> business.

Well I was kinda planning making solid state machines with the option of
a customised colour case myself.

If anybody is interested in that, email me. I can assure you the
results look very good :-))

Shame on my digital camera dying on me a few weeks back.

> I haven't done this myself, but IIRC two useful hints were (a) let the
> machine dry for 48 hours before use, and (b) Krylon matte clear paint
> restored the factory-fresh 'rough' keyboard feel.

I haven't actually used it since I finished and put it back together,
but looking over it, I can only see 2 spots where there is a blemish and
they are in odd places, one of which is at the back where two screws go
in (left and right side, either side of the IO ports), I accidentally
started putting the wrong one in and it would not come back out again,
until I got some pliers. I used clear laquer as I prefer the glazed
look, a bit like the piano black effect. (As on some special edition X24s?)

But overall I was kind of dreading it, thinking it would be the disaster
of the year, but given I do some airbrushing for my artwork; it turned
out very very well indeed.

Vicky

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