NVIDIA Reference Video Card Painting Guide

[LinusTech]

Amazon: http://geni.us/1MJA

NCIX: site was down when posting.. Will try to remember to put in..

 

Painting supplies: http://www.automotivetouchup.com/

 

Painting or cleaning out a video card isn't crazy. It's super awesome and I'll show you how!

 

 

 

[GSTARR]

primero

[Droidbot]

Video Card Painting Guides with ads YT 4k

 

Nice one Linus.. 

[LinusTech]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

Video Card Painting Guides with ads YT 4k

 

Nice one Linus.. 

 

That's how we name our video exports

 

I just usually change the name before I make the forum post. 

 

Vessel uploads don't have ads, so that's why it specifies whether the export has ads

[Droidbot]

Just now, LinusTech said:

 

That's how we name our video exports

 

I just usually change the name before I make the forum post. 

 

Vessel uploads don't have ads, so that's why it specifies whether the export has ads

I know, I'm a Vessel member. I like supporting you guys as the content is usually very good. 

But remember to change the name before upload next time, but knowing your internet speed I'd assume even 4k videos would take ~5 mins to upload

[soundlogic]

@LinusTech The video appears to be processed all the way up to 4k. Is there any reason it's still unlisted?

[tt2468]

Hey @LinusTech What timezone are you in?

20 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

Amazon: http://geni.us/1MJA

NCIX: site was down when posting.. Will try to remember to put in..

 

Painting supplies: http://www.automotivetouchup.com/

 

Painting or cleaning out a video card isn't crazy. It's super awesome and I'll show you how!

 

 

 

 

[TheWoollyMammoth]

inb4 warranty rage because of not enough emphasis on sanding voiding warranty

[iPolymer]

So was this filmed before or after it got ruined witht the nail polish? I'd like to know how it got fixed. 

[LinusTech]

30 minutes ago, Kyle Manning said:

Hey @LinusTech What timezone are you in?

 

Pacific

4 minutes ago, iPolymer said:

So was this filmed before or after it got ruined witht the nail polish? I'd like to know how it got fixed. 

Before.

[KuJoe]

I'm just glad he gave @nicklmg the night off from these middle of the night posts.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I see he posted this at midnight his time so it's not that late there.

[Snadzies]

Sexy.

I hope you find a good way to fill in the lettering, I think it would look even nicer with the black lettering as well.

[Harry009]

I take it you didn't want to show the black lettering failure, was that just for the WAN show viewers?

[porina]

One of the cameras needs cleaning (if not already done). I see what is probably sensor dust unless the lenses are really dirty too.

 

As for video content itself, is it good to move the piece around by hand after you start painting? Would it affect finish with a risk of fingerprints or skin oils? I might just be over-thinking it.

[T.Q.]

Great job, looks neat but the orange thing seems to be getting obsessive. Strange Linus doesn't tan

[sync95]

Looks good, I painted my sli'd 980s gold a couple of months ago. just wondering why you took the entire cooler off of the card, I just removed the front and side screws that let you remove the silver parts while leaving the fan and black parts attached to the actual GPU. Seems like it would save some time and reduce the risk of anything going wrong.

[Daniel1]

Good video Linus.

[JoePro87]

I think this video would be pretty much effective for painting anything plastic. Kind of has me wanting to customize some of my older consoles. 

[Murasaki]

@LinusTech What happened with the 980ti at the end? Did you repaint it?

[Steve.604]

Looks great, I agree about the orange peel effect going with the black.

It looks like you were sanding in your paint booth? Your paint booth is supposed to be a clean dust free zone.

 

I've painted a couple cars over the years and have sanded in the booth, but you pull the car out and need to spend the time and extensively clean the booth.

 

The DIY booths, when you are doing a large project like a car. Generally you clean the ground and replace the plastic when the prep is done. The main purpose of the sanding booth is to keep the garage clean. The main purpose of a paint both is to keep the paint job dust free, over spray in the garage is only secondary.

[Duh_tech]

Good video, Linus Paint Tips.

[Yoinkerman]

On 3/20/2016 at 2:11 PM, Steve.604 said:

Looks great, I agree about the orange peel effect going with the black.

It looks like you were sanding in your paint booth? Your paint booth is supposed to be a clean dust free zone.

 

I've painted a couple cars over the years and have sanded in the booth, but you pull the car out and need to spend the time and extensively clean the booth.

 

The DIY booths, when you are doing a large project like a car. Generally you clean the ground and replace the plastic when the prep is done. The main purpose of the sanding booth is to keep the garage clean. The main purpose of a paint both is to keep the paint job dust free, over spray in the garage is only secondary.

My only hangup is that he went straight from sand to paint, without a final prep solvent wipe.  Or at least that's what the video told us

[Serath]

Got a ref cooler too and really feel like doing this too as it clashes the living Hell out of the rest of the colours in the case at the moment. But would only do it if I could find a spare cooler, I fear my only luck would be if anyone has a broken card laying around, though need one with the 980 Ti stamp on it. Those are likely to be RMA'd before being put on sale as broken for cheap...

[The_Denks]

He used a wet sand so it would not be floating  around in the booth, so he could easily clean before the painting

[Rodlund]

On 3/20/2016 at 10:10 AM, sync95 said:

Looks good, I painted my sli'd 980s gold a couple of months ago. just wondering why you took the entire cooler off of the card, I just removed the front and side screws that let you remove the silver parts while leaving the fan and black parts attached to the actual GPU. Seems like it would save some time and reduce the risk of anything going wrong.

 

I think your approach would be easier than taking off the whole PCB. So you removed the 4 screws around the cooler fan too right? I would be interested in trying this.