>Heated curing process (just not too hot i.e. my toasted Duo
>keyboard) put the painted peice in a nice warm environment with lots
>of airflow (on top of a tv/monitor it is on all day long, behind a
>rack-full of Compaq servers, ontop of a Cube or above a heat
>register) About 90 to 100 degrees is perfect. The paint will cure in
>2-3 days (instead of 2 weeks) and much tougher that otherwise.
Given that I have a room full of 350 servers at my disposal it should
work, however we also have two massive HVAC units that keep those
areas at abou 56� F I doubt that would be a good place. =(
>
>Watch out for thoes fumes .. do the painting outside ... unless you
>like that light-headed dizzy feeling after inhailing brain-cel
>killing fumes.
wheee... I was an Art major in college... all those smells are coming
back to me now...
>
>Sand with a very fine sand paper between coats.
I have some bitching 300 grit sanding sponges that I've been using on
the case so far. make great wet sanders.
>
>Many light coats of paint are better than one heavy coat.
Agreed. However the spray cans don't give me much control. I have no
access to an airbrush.=(
What's your opinion on the Krylon primer mentioned earlier Peter?
I have one powerbook painter telling me no and one telling me yes.
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