Hello gentlemen !
be careful with possible unwanted reactions∗ between the plastic stuff
of most of the keyboards housings and the car paint. If you want to do
something like that use first a plastic primer (2 layers) before
spraying the paint itself. You can find this primer in the same stores,
mostly to paint car bumpers or spoilers, bike fairings ....
As David says you'll have to find some nice trick for the lettering of
the control panel... heat sensitive transfer paper ? etching ?
As a last advice : test what you want to do, including lettering, on
some similar piece of plastic stuff before painting anything on your
keyboard and, last but not least : the dry paint (or primer) is not
conductive, so avoid any paint drop or mist inside the electronics,
specially pots, switches, pushbuttons, connectors....The PCBs are often
varnished, but not the connectors nor the IC sockets....
Cheers
J.F.
∗ changes in the color, bubbles, poor adherence of paint....this is
99/100 times caused by the solvents mixed with the paint which are not
very "plastic friendly".
David Salter a écrit :
>I know some of one of these idea's are for a qwerty keyboard but the
>same principle applies. Might be worth looking at custom bike or car
>shops as they provide interesting finishes and paint services.
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>The tough part is getting the legend's re done afterwards
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>http://lifehacker.com/software/diy/custom-paint-your-keyboard-
>271614.php
>http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/02/08/pimp-my-ableton-controller-
>custom-keyboards-custom-paint-jobs/
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>And finally
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UrCZwnolFk
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>David Salter
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>--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "spaceanimals" <rainbowjimmy@...>
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>>What I should do is just glue some more knobs on the AN1X and put
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>>some walnut end pieces. Then I'll have the sounds I love with a
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>cool
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>>boutique look.
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>>As an aside, how come you can't get keyboards in different colors
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>like
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>>you can guitars? I want a keyboard with that old drum kit sparkle
>>finish either gold or purple.
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>>Jimmy
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