<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Painting Gameboys]]> 2012-12-06T18:54:24Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9394/painting-gameboys/ <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> don't sand the shell! unless you intend to remove text or there is some serious scrapes & scratches. but in that case you probably shouldn't be painting that shell anyway.

make sure to soak the dissasembled shell in warm to hot soapy water to clean it real well & let dry completely.

this video is pretty good
http://youtu.be/971D5d28UFE

I never thought about using a cup of warm water to heat the can for smoothness, that's a good trick.

You don't need to do the pre sanding, I wouldn't do it on the dmg case but thats just me.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Grymmtymm 2012-12-06T18:54:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145320/#p145320 <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> I've used spray paint on a couple of mine and haven't had too many problems. Half of them though have been sprayed on the inside.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SubWooferSpecial 2012-12-06T10:15:44Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145266/#p145266 <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> radionarcotix wrote:

Vinyl paint is great. It bonds with the plastic, and dries nice and flat if you do light coats. You can find it at Autozone.

I highly recommend this over spray paint.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/GoingHam 2012-12-06T08:35:32Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145252/#p145252 <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> Vinyl paint is great. It bonds with the plastic, and dries nice and flat if you do light coats. You can find it at Autozone.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/radionarcotix 2012-12-06T05:39:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145235/#p145235 <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> Sand it with a light/medium grade sandpaper and then proceed to paint it using spray paint that will bond with plastic and then seal it. Tada!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Marzrt 2012-12-06T05:03:02Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145228/#p145228 <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> Thretris had a good post about this as well.
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/161/p … ring-text/

and then there was this one.
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7433/ … rnal-coat/

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Vile 2012-12-05T23:25:19Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145178/#p145178 <![CDATA[Re: Painting Gameboys]]> hell no don't use plasti-dip!
that's not paint anyway


use the same rules that you would apply to anything else you paint.

it might be good to try on some other things before you potentially ruin a shell too.

airbrush is the best.
spray cans next just need to be more attentive to what you are doing with spray cans.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Grymmtymm 2012-12-05T22:03:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145172/#p145172 <![CDATA[Painting Gameboys]]> Probably a stupid post but what is the best way to paint a gameboy? A friend of mine recommended plasti dip but I want to know what you guys recommended.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/HardstyleFox 2012-12-05T22:00:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/145171/#p145171