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    Question Painting my mouse, problem

    Hi everyone, this is my first post, and I have to say, all your amazing mods tempted me very much to mod my pc. As I have never done any modding before, I thought I should start by painting my mouse.
    My ideal paint job would be black gloss (or matt, havent decided yet) with a tribal stencil or hand painted design in red.
    There is just one problem, my mouse hasn't got any buttons, it just has a curved piece of plastic. Below are two pictures of my current mouse, and what I would like it to look like (badly drawn on paint)(i would like a better tribal design lol).


    Questions:
    Will the curve on the mouse make the paint crack as it moves to click?
    How should I go about painting it?
    What paints do I need?
    How should I apply a tribal graphic?
    Is there any way of changing the color of the scroll wheel?

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    umm... thanks a lot everyone for all your help -.-
    I've now sanded down the mouse, and going to paint it tonight. Found a few helpful guides on the net, but none of them answer a few questions I had, like will the paint crack on the bendy bit, and how should I apply a graphic?
    Thanks again...
    Incubi

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    If you are painting with spraypaint in light coats, you will not have any problems with cracking paint.
    To apply a tribal graphic you can either use a vinyl sticker, a slide-on transfer, or a stencil. googling these terms will bring up all the information you need
    I don't know about the scroll wheel but I wouldnt think that paint would adhere to the rubber. I expect that you would need some type of dye or stain - maybe others can help you with that
    Peace
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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    Thanks a bunch, onelegout ! I take back my sarky comment on post #2

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    If you use Vinyl Dye on the Mouse and wheele. It would bend with the plastic. No sanding needed (unless you wanted the texture removed.

    Then graphic that you want would be good to use a stencel or sticker of some kind.

    EDIT: there are times when a post shows up and maybe we miss it or it is one of those time we are at work and can not read everything.

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    Thanks also to Malatory!
    I know I sound nerdy, but I've just got home from school, and Mum is making me wait until she gets home before I can spray paint my mouse . Don't blame me! Im only 13!

    edit: Oh and I just noticed, in the additional options for an advanced post, rating a post. Why would you rate a pos?

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    Just take it apart 1st .. wouldnt want to get paint on the inside or the bottom where your Mum would let you do anything like this again.

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    lol, I did to that, and my mouse case can be taken into two parts on its own, so I painted the bottom red and the main curvy bit black. Actually, I need to go down now, to check if the paint is dry.

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    Just realized your about 7 hours ahead of me. so aprox 9pm for you. Letting the paint dry for a couple of days will keep it from sticking together.

    Plus once you are done a good clear coat will be needed.

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    Default Re: Painting my mouse, problem

    kk thanks Know where I could pick up some clear coat?

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