Safe to spray paint the casing of a CRT TV

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 13:03

Well weird one but my room is pretty much all black stuff. I recently got myself a CRT TV to use my gamecube, N64 and other old consoles on. Only problem is it's silver and it's driving me mad mad not being black.

Could i spray the casing black if so is there anything i need to be careful of or any particular paint i need to use. I imagine the casing gets warms so don't want to use the wrong paint and it to crack.

I was thinking a rub down with some 320G paper , i few light coats of flexible undercoat then maybe auto paint on top. I'm after a mid sheen finish somewhere between matt and gloss.

Any advice would be great as I've sprayed my aluminium speakers and they turned out great but a little dubious about doing the CRT.

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 13:24

Ricochet J said:
If you're so OCD and want everything black then do a proper job man.

Unscrew the TV, take the casings apart, paint the bits you want to paint, and assemble once everything is dry. Just don't faff about covering bits in newspaper, just get the job done and do it properly.

Why anyone would want to spray paint a CRT TV is bizzare.

Cause everything in this room is black and then there is some chunky 26 in CRT tv in SILVER damaging my eyes. LOL

i did plan to strip the casings off

I gave my x box to my daughter because it was white and looked stoopid next to my black desk,monitor,haf x , keyboard mouse etc etc . You get the idea

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 13:25

Hades said:
And here was me thinking I was the only one who actually still used a CRT.

As above, to do a proper job, you should remove the case, spray it and reassemble. However be aware that the capacitors in a CRT hold a (potentially deadly) charge for up to 24 hours after it is unplugged. So unplug it and leave it a day.

Cheers for that my dad did mention it some years ago to me when he was fixing a TV totally forgot about that :eek:

BTW you can't beat a CRT for authentic old school console gaming the N64 on my 42in LCD looks ridiculous but on the CRT it's just how i remember it. Still love playing goldeneye,mario kart, and ocarina of time and majoras mask

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 13:29

J.B said:
This is what I came in to say

Thanks again, i will unplug it and put the heater on in the garage and do it in there out the way of the kids. Last thing i want is one of my litte ones to get electrocuted.

Any ideas on what paint i should use for the top coat.

i think i still have a few tins of flexible primer/undercoat

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 16:38

I looked for a black widescreen one but most appear to be silver, i really like the widescreen one i have at the minute hence why i was going to spray it black.

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 16:42

mglover070588 said:
Don't spray the TV, just buy a new one.
You can get a cheap LCD TV that is much better than a CRT TV for £200.
I use my PS2 and Gamecube on my 47 inch TV and they really don't look too bad. The gamecube scaled quite well actually.

But i can guarantee the quality will be no match for the CRT.

Even with the scart upscaling boxes you will still not match the quality of a good CRT

bigjimmyauk · 2 Jan 2012 at 16:47

Aod said:
WRONG!

The HV caps that feed the accelerator can easily deliver more than enough current to kill you stone dead in the blink of an eye.

Newer devices with better caps can hold their charge for several months. my recommendation is to unplug it while it's displaying to allow the caps to (somewhat) discharge at the time of unplugging.

Very good way of going about it. using something like a 50kOhm 5W resistor would be ideal

You've kinda put me off the idea now