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AnalogRocks
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Sony 1252Q, AMPRO 4000G
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The primer makes all the difference. Especially the PROPER primer.
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budk
Joined: 17 Mar 2006
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I tried the Rustoleum universal paint but i didn't like the spray texture or the glossy-ness of the flat paint. I had much better success with the Krylon Fusion Paint. It's made for plastic so no primer is necessary. My process was to wipe down all the parts with alcohol, then sand all the parts with a scotchbrite pad and then wipe them again with alcohol before painting.
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CasetheCorvetteman
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
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Location: Australia
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They all seem to come up good in black 
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csamos
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
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Location: Austin, TX
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| Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| budk wrote: | | I tried the Rustoleum universal paint but i didn't like the spray texture or the glossy-ness of the flat paint. I had much better success with the Krylon Fusion Paint. It's made for plastic so no primer is necessary. My process was to wipe down all the parts with alcohol, then sand all the parts with a scotchbrite pad and then wipe them again with alcohol before painting. |
Yeah, I didn't realize the Rustoleum universal has that slight texture or that it's not truly flat, but it still looks tons better than it did before. I don't remember what paint I used on the top pieces, but they are both a very nice, flat black. At some point I may redo the sides and back, too.
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CasetheCorvetteman
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
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Location: Australia
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I was at a mate's place last night and we took to his 9PG with some tools, bled the tubes, and did a rough as guts setup to see what it was like (very impressive too) Its looking like itll need a paint job, and there is also an incoming 9PG XTRA that will be in probable need of a paint job too.
There will be more to come
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schmoe
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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Location: Seattle, WA
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I finished my paint job over last weekend, and I got my pj back from Curt today so I put it all together tonight. I wasn't striving for perfection with the paint. Just wanted to get rid of the ugly scratches and fix the nasty gouge in the lens hood. Overall I'm pretty pleased. The fact that I now have this HUMONGOUS beast hanging in the middle of my living room is another matter entirely. It's gonna take some getting used to. Still trying to convince the wife it's less of an eye sore than the 64" RP-CRT we are replacing in that room. 
Here are a couple pics:
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jkruger
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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I'm not familiar with the vidikrons. What is that hole in the front?
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Nashou66
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Location: West Seneca NY
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schmoe
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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Location: Seattle, WA
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That's where the ACON convergence camera goes. I don't have it installed right now because I'm still waiting on my LVPS which the camera partly screws on to.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Looks pretty good mate, what colour is that? It looks abit like a dark gun metal grey/charchol black in the pics here, looks very high class!! Thats a pretty technical looking mount its got too...
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schmoe
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | | Looks pretty good mate, what colour is that? It looks abit like a dark gun metal grey/charchol black in the pics here, looks very high class!! Thats a pretty technical looking mount its got too... |
Thanks Case. You're exactly right, it's a metallic charcoal color. It's a Rust-Oleum paint - they call it Black Night Metallic. You can see the original case paint here.
The mount is a Chief motorized winch. What a godsend that thing is! Had the pj up in minutes. It's attached to a couple Uni-Strut brackets, which I learned about on this site.
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NewbieDAN
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Location: Bunbury Western Australia
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Here's my 1209s painted by me with Septone Automotive "Bumper Prime" and top coats of "Bumper Bar Black".
The now superceeded G70 was proffessionally spray painted with automotives in a custom mix of semi-gloss black.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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The Sony looks great there Dan, i like the way youve installed it there in the ceiling too mate
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NewbieDAN
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Location: Bunbury Western Australia
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the BG1209s lives in there now, little less room, but the boxier shape of the barco slots in there nicely.
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akajester
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I painted my BG808 case today with two cans of the Rustoleum Midnight Black Metallic. I love the color, it's perfect. The problem is that I couldn't for the life of me get it even and you can tell when the lights are up and it shines down the sides. How do I fix it? More coats? Thanks!
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Mark_A_W
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Location: Sunny Melbourne Australia
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| NewbieDAN wrote: |
Here's my 1209s painted by me with Septone Automotive "Bumper Prime" and top coats of "Bumper Bar Black".
The now superceeded G70 was proffessionally spray painted with automotives in a custom mix of semi-gloss black. |
Oo..er..
G70 = sexy.
Barco = well, it's got 9" tubes, and beautiful after market filtered C-elements
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akajester
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Mark, are you saying I should do some top coats or get it professionally done? Thanks.
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NewbieDAN
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Location: Bunbury Western Australia
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| akajester wrote: | | I painted my BG808 case today with two cans of the Rustoleum Midnight Black Metallic. I love the color, it's perfect. The problem is that I couldn't for the life of me get it even and you can tell when the lights are up and it shines down the sides. How do I fix it? More coats? Thanks! |
I've found that thru practice, a number of light coats is much better than few 'heavy' coats. The other thing that can contribute to the uneveness of the finish, is the distance you have the spray can from the surface, you need to experiment with the distance to optimize paint coverage/overspray/overlap. Work fast, try to keep a 'wet edge'. You may need to wet and dry sand the current coats before you apply more.
Practice makes perfect.
I got my G70 proffessionally sprayed. But after doing the 1209s myself, I'd never 'pay' to get it done again. I have a Marquee 8500 waiting to be sprayed at home right now.
Good luck. 
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