Quite a few people use this stuff on car bits and pieces. Certainly on another forum that I frequent which I believe Andrew Moore is also a member of. To be fair with free shipping you are the cheapest....
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Quite a few people use this stuff on car bits and pieces. Certainly on another forum that I frequent which I believe Andrew Moore is also a member of. To be fair with free shipping you are the cheapest....
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Hmmm...very interesting ...i would use this on my two monitor bezels
People have actually done full cars with it, not just bits and pieces.
Once cured it's tougher than most people realise
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will you be getting the primer in too which you need with metal cases (or so it says)
They reckon on that video 6 cans to do a full tower case. For £90 you could almost just buy yourself a new case if you fancied a change. Ah well: easy, quality finish, cheap, pick two I guess.
Looks a cracking product, I reckon you'll sell a lot of black.
Looks a cracking product, I reckon you'll sell a lot of black.
Nice one - thumbs up for the orange - go nice with my Z87-OC board on a few bits.
Interesting product and for indoor use for things that do not get much wear and tear this would be great. Looks easy to apply too but he was going very light with those coats and you could see there was no overspray, 6 is a lot but that does ensure a consistent coat and easy drying.
I would take the car spraying with a pinch of salt though. Sure it will go on but a couple of months down the line and it will look dreadful with stone pitting, just look at the adhesion.... it peels.... but then if you dont key a surface there will always be serious weakness. The test for paint adhesion is destructive, its a cross hatch test and its clear this would fail as it peels. I would imagine there is little or no UV protection too and I would be really concerned if any moisture got in between between the plasticoat and the original surface despite the cars probable anodised sub-straight
I was a paint and powder coat engineer (rail) for 8 years and looked after new build and supported service for corrosion technical issues and in that time I tried so many new wonder products but sadly none of them made it.
For light indoor use where it wont be handled much I would give this a go though
I would take the car spraying with a pinch of salt though. Sure it will go on but a couple of months down the line and it will look dreadful with stone pitting, just look at the adhesion.... it peels.... but then if you dont key a surface there will always be serious weakness. The test for paint adhesion is destructive, its a cross hatch test and its clear this would fail as it peels. I would imagine there is little or no UV protection too and I would be really concerned if any moisture got in between between the plasticoat and the original surface despite the cars probable anodised sub-straight
I was a paint and powder coat engineer (rail) for 8 years and looked after new build and supported service for corrosion technical issues and in that time I tried so many new wonder products but sadly none of them made it.
For light indoor use where it wont be handled much I would give this a go though
would imagine the brushed aluminum finish would be slightly textured and would give an almost natural key, almost. it maynot need a primer but the finish would possibly not be totally smooth but the big thing would be if you decide to peel it off if you didnt like it, it would be a pig as the coating would have a much better grip. Not a biggy but it would take a lot longer
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You say it works on keyboards, how well would it work on keycaps? Also how even is the spread\quickdrying etc? I have an ugly beige G80-1000 which I wouldn't mind making pretty.
