Re: [Thinkpad] Custom Colour Thinkpad 560X

Hiya Jack,

>> > Just gone 2am and finished today's project - spray
>> > paint the 560X Solid State metalic green. :-)
>
>
> Wow, what a facinating woman you are - er, I meant "what a fascinating
> 560x you have" :-)

Yes, we make an interesting couple, after all, not many name their three
thinkpads Mistress, subby and slave...

> Did you also spray paint the flexible rubber bits (PCMCIA cover, floppy
> cover, and back port cover)? I can't imagine acrylic paint is
> sufficiently flexible that it wouldn't crack off where the covers flex,
> but then again, I've never spray painted a computer.

Oh no, course not. I masked up the floppy port cover and took off the
pcmcia cover (the rubber was falling off anyway so it needed to be glued
back on anyway), and the io cover was not sprayed too. But the little
bit of black goes well with the metalic jade green.

And I have sprayed the two batteries too :-)

> I have a 560z that needs a bit o' work, now I'm thinking a new coat of
> paint too, while I've got the bits out. And the sides of my desktop PCs
> are starting to look kind of bland...

My 560Z is in a sorry state too *looks over at it and winces*, bit of a
work horse being my server, and it is slave in the network....

:-)
Vicky

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