Just finished painting my Logitech Mouse/Keyboard Glossy Black!!!!!!!!!

[Liquid_Cooled]

I really like Logitechs MX Duo. Its my favorite keyboard/mouse combo of all time. Since the silver paint on my MX700 started wearing off, ive decided to paint it gloss block, much like how Smooth Creations paints their keyboards/mice.

I used Bondo to fill in the Logitech logos on the mouse, keyboard and mouse charger. Painted parts with Dupli-Colors Grey Primer, Gloss Black and Crystal Clear, wet sanding between each coat. It took 5 days to get this all done. It turned out better than I expected!!


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[mnewxcv]

beautiful job.

[Vapor]

That's very elegant looking! wow!

[mnewxcv]

::sends my mouse, keyboard, case, and speakers:: paint away. :)



id say maybe try and make a little money doing it as a service.

[hixie]

Did you follow my tips? Looks like you did a good job, edge of the wirst pads looks a little dull though. You could be taking over my job soon ;)

[Magnj]

how was taking the mouse apart? I want to paint part of my 518 but im a little hesitant to bust open my 50$ mouse

[dicecca112]

nice, I might do that with mine, its the same as yours. But I don't have five days to do it.

[freecableguy]

beautiful red x's for me... :(

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

will be doing the same with my logitech mouse as the paint comming off. how durable you think that will be? its real nice.:clap:

[Liquid_Cooled]

its pretty easy to take apart the mouse. 2 screws are holding the mouse together (1 in the battery compartment, 1 under a sticker marked by an X). the cover should come off easily, then youll have to remove the cover from the rubburized mouse grips, which is held on by like 6 small screws.

once the clear coat is on, it looks to be real durable. it took about 10 months to wear off the stock silver paint on my mouse, so i put 12 thin layers of clear coat just in case, so i would say itll last pretty long. if it does wear out, ill just put somemore clearcoat on it.

[mindwreck]

ooo shiny. i like :) . really digging that window in front of the arctic silencer too. sweet computer man

[lowfat]

That looks amazing. I have considered doing it in the past but i thought it would likely cheap too easily. Now I just might consider it again. I hate how ugly my G5 is, and my 7 year old blue/white MS keyboard isn't the prettiest either.

[OmegaMerc]

Looks friggen awesome, I admit I am ashamed of my G5 mouse, it has to be hands down one of the ugliests of all time (for the exception of possibly the fatality mouse).

[comrad]

Nice Paint Job!

I too do not like how my G5 looks... I think I cam gonna paint it shiny black. The top cover on my G5 looks like Rusty Metal.

[zero3]

awsome work

[PowerSlide]

wow..dats awesome job

wana hav a killer paint job like this on my g5 :slobber:

[runmc]

Great job:slobber:

[Kizz]

Shiiiiny :cool:

I'm definitely doing that once I get a replacement keyboard. I think I'd be afraid of using it in case I smudged the finish though lol. *polish*

[Entity_Of_One]

That is extremely well done. Very clean, professional looking work. :clap:

[[XC] moddolicous]

Very nice job. Now get that comp runnin rosetta!

[punisher69]

Nice I think im going to do the same to my mouse cuz all the grey paint wore off so i sanded it white. the little metal logitech logo is popped off.

[DeNs]

ooo shiny. i like :) . really digging that window in front of the arctic silencer too. sweet computer man

Was gonna say the exact same thing, but i'm pretty sure that it's just a hole in the sidepanel since it would've been cut because the silencer wouldn't have fitted in there anyway :)

Very nice work though.

Nice to see a good paintjob - the effort really shows.

---dens

[bigval]

WOW that is the nicest looking job I've ever seen man!!

[wowza]

Holy moley, thats sick... Didn't really think painting a keyboard would look that nice.. Humm bay area eh? what part?

[4Qman]

Dam nice job dude, Gives me ideas ERRRMMM

[PsyK0t1c dRe4mZ]

Dude that is hot! Awesome job!! :toast:

I want my case 2 look like that when it's done. Think I'm gonna have 2 take it 2 the body shop 4 results like that though - I don't have a clean place 2 paint. Tried it in the basement on my last project...just 2 much dust (and all I had was spray cans) so it looked nothing like that...

Seriously, u could make some cash doing that kind of work for people :woot:

[MarkieMark]

Looks nice :D

[[cTx]Philosophy]

Sweet job there dude! awesome
I agree on the side money part this is really nice

I love my mx700 duo also
MX 3000 is prettynice setup also duo retired to the wifes pc

What kind of paint is this automotive paint i assume since u also said u used bondo on it, you workin a paintshop?

[Liquid_Cooled]

its Dupli-Color Acrylic Enamel Spray Paint, you can get it at Walmart of Kragen for like $5 a can.

nah, i dont work in a paintshop or anytype of autoshop. its also my first time working with bondo, i picked up a small tub at Walmart for $6. this is my first time painting with spray paint.

[Seith]

oooo shiney... :D

[cirthix]

very nice job :)

[quijonsith]

That's amazing. Excellent job.

[crackhead2k]

:banana::banana::banana::banana: man! How long did that take?

[quijonsith]

Says in the first post that it took 5 days

[krullet]

ye that is a really beautiful setup, soo nice, dam shiny :D

[elec999]

Looks amazing
Thanks

[v3n]

the shine is lovely but doesnt it shine too much?

[HappyUser]

WOW, great job

how big is ur monitor?

[onewingedangel]

what sandpaper did you use to wet sand?

[The Dome]

First class job man!

[Liquid_Cooled]

theirs no such thing as too much shine! unless its chrome, which is a bit tacky....

monitor is a 24" Widescreen LCD.

Imperial Wet/Dry (320, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000)

[UBER-Comp]

:woot: Great job very professional lookin'.

GREAT case mod on the SFF case in the background, PURE GENIOUS!:clap:

[bigKr33]

Dude that is frigen schweet, you have to give me some tips, i'm in the works of painting my case, but don't know the procedures to follow. I want that same finish on my cooler master stacker t01.

Please give me some advice, procedures or something :)

excellent job my friend ;)

[wildcard]

That's pretty slick. Are you constantly wiping fingerprints off it? :D

[EneergE]

I love that gloss look. I'd really like to try that on a few old keyboards. The pictures look really nice. I didn't read all the replies since I'm at work so forgive me if it's already been covered, but what kind of paint did you use?

[tdunks]

Very Nice!!

[Newblar]

nice, did you actually wait till the gloss on the 518 disappeared or did you use sandpaper to remove it?/

[crackmann]

how does the mouse feel in ur hand?
is it more sticky compaired to the origional feeling?

[Demo]

nice job, why is there an Artic Silencer on your sidepanel ?

[ssnseawolf]

Ooh, shiny.

[tzitzos]

Excellent job man!!!

;) ;)

[Escobar999]

nice job, why is there an Artic Silencer on your sidepanel ? to cool his 7800gtx 512mb? :slap: