Project Alternate
- Thread starter deblow
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no, but my wife has
Will update the costs soon as i run out of money lol
Coming along nicely Deblow
Thanks Pete
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Coming along nicely. Awesome Sabertooth paint job 
Coming along nicely. Awesome Sabertooth paint job
Oh wow this is going to be very interesting. Can't wait to see more!
Thanks all
going to play more with the MB design later in the build, most likely when I get the desk inside the house.
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Looks sweet, that thing is going to use a hella lot of coolant! 
Looks sweet, that thing is going to use a hella lot of coolant!
Thanks Russell,
I have 10 liters of water ready to flow
catchy name Keechy
Thanks
In this update Iv done the final MDF primer & white primer coats on the whole of the desk,
Cut the MB tray & added a 200mm fan to the base of the desk
MDF primer
The standard PC case tray
3 big holes made in line with the fan that will be directly under the MB tray
Cut for the 200mm fan
heres the desk after the full primer, still lots to do in preparation for the paint
Heres a shot with the glass on
Should have some photos of the final finish im looking in the next update, soon as this has been done the desk will be ready to come
inside the house for the internal components & modding to continue
Cut the MB tray & added a 200mm fan to the base of the desk
MDF primer
The standard PC case tray
3 big holes made in line with the fan that will be directly under the MB tray
Cut for the 200mm fan
heres the desk after the full primer, still lots to do in preparation for the paint
Heres a shot with the glass on
Should have some photos of the final finish im looking in the next update, soon as this has been done the desk will be ready to come
inside the house for the internal components & modding to continue
Looks amazing !
i wouldn't like to lift it though
lol, nor me,
but iv had to in order to paint it, even with my broken leg its not too hard as the desk breaks down in the 4 parts
Thanks both, the MB should look nice in the desk as im going to try keep it all matching as best as i can
Im nuts "so my wife says" so we will make a good pair
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Got my paints & been working on the smaller parts of the desk, wanted to double check the finish &
practice applying the paints before doing the bigger parts of the desk.
because of the deadly fumes in the basecoat & 2K/2pac clear, Im best doing it in 4 stages over the
space of 2 to 3 weeks.
im also short on space, so by painting the bottom sections & then letting them dry (harden) I can then
add the middle section back on top & paint that, same for the top section.
This is the box of paints, cant believe it cost me over £100 :O
should have stuck with vinyl, would have been less messy & a bit cheaper lol
Black Basecoat with thinners, 2K/2pac clear matte with hardener & thinners
this is the base & thinners to be mixed for the bottom coat/base
primed ready for painting, still needed cleaning down at this part
3 stages of basecoat black applied, still wet at this stage
while the basecoat was still tacky I applied the clear coat, because you cant sand the base & clear during any stages as it would alter the appearance of the finish,
the whole process has to be done within about 1hrs from start to finish with no room for
errors :O
From wet to dry, the photos will show how the finish changes over day
stuck them back on the desk to see how it looks & try imagine the whole desk painted
out of everything iv done so far, this painting has been the hardest part, I hope the extra effort was worth it in the end
What do you all think to the colour so far?
Im happy for now, but really need to see it all done & with some red added
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