cronic
06-01-2006, 03:59 PM
Cronic’s custom painted MX518 mouse.
Well I got bored last night so I decided to match my MX518 mouse to my custom stacker case. The logitech logo was a little worn from 6 months of use. So, I removed the logo, filled it, and refinished to match my case. The paint I used is a 4 part system by House of Kolor. I can't recommend this paint enough, it is awesome stuff, but very expensive. The
Paint consists of the following products:
1 teaspoon of Body filler
5 coats Crossfire epoxy primer
2 coats House of Kolor Meteor Maroon basecoat
3 coats House of Kolor Brandywine Kandy
3 coats Crossfire clear coat
Equipment used:
Sharpe 5963 HVLP gravity feed gun
Cummins 6hp 60 gallon air compressor
This project took a day from start to finish. I have had many requests for some info on painting so I took some pictures after each step to show the process. The body filler was sanded with 220 grit and then the whole piece was sanded with 320 grit before primer was applied. I wet sanded the primer with 400 and then 600 grit after the various coats of primer. I DID NOT wet sand the clear or buff it, and really don’t recommend it unless you get trash in the clear or have “orange peal”. You simply do not get the shine back if you cut and buff, however on large pieces I do recommend it. That about sums up this short project. I am happy with the end product. What do you think?
MX518 top rear left
http://i3.tinypic.com/11ca5b7.jpg
MX518 top front
http://i3.tinypic.com/11ca7x0.jpg
MX518 top rear right
http://i3.tinypic.com/11caa80.jpg
MX518 House of Kolor Brandywine Kandy
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb0gx.jpg
MX518 House of Kolor Meteor Maroon basecoat
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb2as.jpg
MX518 Crossfire epoxy primer sanded
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb3na.jpg
MX518 filler sanded
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb5ol.jpg
MX518 filler applied
http://i2.tinypic.com/11cb6fa.jpg
MX518 on top of my custom stacker
http://i2.tinypic.com/11cb9jb.jpg
Updated 07/09/06
Microsoft Desktop Elite Keyboard
http://i5.tinypic.com/1262xpc.jpg
Well I got bored last night so I decided to match my MX518 mouse to my custom stacker case. The logitech logo was a little worn from 6 months of use. So, I removed the logo, filled it, and refinished to match my case. The paint I used is a 4 part system by House of Kolor. I can't recommend this paint enough, it is awesome stuff, but very expensive. The
Paint consists of the following products:
1 teaspoon of Body filler
5 coats Crossfire epoxy primer
2 coats House of Kolor Meteor Maroon basecoat
3 coats House of Kolor Brandywine Kandy
3 coats Crossfire clear coat
Equipment used:
Sharpe 5963 HVLP gravity feed gun
Cummins 6hp 60 gallon air compressor
This project took a day from start to finish. I have had many requests for some info on painting so I took some pictures after each step to show the process. The body filler was sanded with 220 grit and then the whole piece was sanded with 320 grit before primer was applied. I wet sanded the primer with 400 and then 600 grit after the various coats of primer. I DID NOT wet sand the clear or buff it, and really don’t recommend it unless you get trash in the clear or have “orange peal”. You simply do not get the shine back if you cut and buff, however on large pieces I do recommend it. That about sums up this short project. I am happy with the end product. What do you think?
MX518 top rear left
http://i3.tinypic.com/11ca5b7.jpg
MX518 top front
http://i3.tinypic.com/11ca7x0.jpg
MX518 top rear right
http://i3.tinypic.com/11caa80.jpg
MX518 House of Kolor Brandywine Kandy
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb0gx.jpg
MX518 House of Kolor Meteor Maroon basecoat
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb2as.jpg
MX518 Crossfire epoxy primer sanded
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb3na.jpg
MX518 filler sanded
http://i3.tinypic.com/11cb5ol.jpg
MX518 filler applied
http://i2.tinypic.com/11cb6fa.jpg
MX518 on top of my custom stacker
http://i2.tinypic.com/11cb9jb.jpg
Updated 07/09/06
Microsoft Desktop Elite Keyboard
http://i5.tinypic.com/1262xpc.jpg