1. Disassemble unit, pretty easy to do, takes about 5 minutes.
2. Sand and primer case, you have to do a good job to get rid of the
original graphics, as they raised slightly above the powder coating and
will show through when you paint if you do a crappy job.
3. Go to automotive paint supply store and have them mix up some chroma
paint (also known as color shift) and put it into a spray can (not all
shops can do this, call first). Any paint color will work, I just
happened to want mine with color shift.
4. Paint the unit base coat, I used black and blue, black on the bottom
that slowly fades to blue up top. Then apply the color shift paint,
smooth strokes and lots of lightcoats versus one or two heavy ones. Let
the unit dry for a few hours, and then put it in direct sunlight as much
as you can over the next week. You really need to make sure that the
paint is 100% dry before you go any further, don't rush this step, or
you'll really screw things up.
5. The hardest part, finding a print shop that will redo the labels for
you. Took me weeks to find a place that would deal with one off custom
orders, but eventually I did and they made up a screen of the original
lettering and screen that on in light blue.
6. Again, wait a week or so with the unit in sunlight as much as possible
before you reassemble. Good luck with all the LED light pipes!
The shop that did mine still has the original screen, so I can help people
get this done if they're are interested. Like I said before though, it's
probably going to be about $100 or so just to get the letters redone,
maybe less if I take a few of them there at once.
Lot's more info on this from when I originally did it, so search the
archives.
rEalm
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08/13/2004 08:11 AM
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Please explain the process in some detail....
erik_magrini@... wrote:Here's a picture of it:
http://tinyurl.com/3tgox
rEalm
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08/12/2004 03:35 PM
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Hey,
I thought realm painted his original xl-7 another color last year?
At least the knobs and pads don't look bad. ;)
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