blue "Sickest" G710+ keyboard paint mod

[Guest]

Sick - feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit. (google)

Don't confuse with Slick

 

Sorry for crappy picture. Samsung S5 Neo does not live up to expectation.

 

So this is essentially what I went with after asking advice at the local Canadian Tire store and LTT forum. I got the blue one instead

Link for reference: http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/krylon-colormaster-white-primer-0481521p.html#srp

 

The first part was removing stuff, which was fairly easy, kind off

 

I removed all the keycaps, easiest job ever in my life

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Then I unscrewed the back of the keyboard (no picture because everybody knows how to do that)

So that I can begin to remove the frame. Note the red circle, that's where the volume connectors are connected, plugging out should be really simple.

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Here is the frame itself alone

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The next part was quite tricky. I have to remove the orange part (easy) and the black part (which took way too long). Here they are seperated

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So with everything removed it is time to paint!

 

I was greeted with a warm sunny day outside... 

Except for wind (here is a decent picture)

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And here I had to ditch the newspaper because it flies away so quickly and the wind was quite strong. More picture to come since Forum allows up to 20MB only

 

[Guest]

Here is the progress. Note to myself: should have removed that volume wheel instead of masking it.

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And the final result. Gonna retake the picture soon

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[shadowbyte]

#werf

[Guest]

Here are some better, non cancerous pictures 

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Yes the volume wheel works but ugly. Nothing I can do about that. Roast me

[Mr.Meerkat]

Not blue enough...

Plus where's the white?

Blue and white=best colour combo ever

Blue and Black=EWWWWWWWWWWW 

/s but blue and white is the best combo so...

[Guest]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

Not blue enough...

Plus where's the white?

Blue and white=best colour combo ever

Blue and Black=EWWWWWWWWWWW 

/s but blue and white is the best combo so...

I have a G402

[EunSoo]

what kind of paint did you use?

[Daniel Z.]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I have a G402

Same! I have a Black/Blue pc, G402, and G710+. 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, SCGazelle said:

what kind of paint did you use?

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So this is essentially what I went with after asking advice at the local Canadian Tire store and LTT forum. I got the blue one instead.

Link for reference: http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/krylon-colormaster-white-primer-0481521p.html#sr

 

[Techstorm970]

Can't have blue backlit keyboard?  PAINT IT! 

 

Great job on this! 

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I have a G402

Black and green keyboard

Black and blue mouse...

White and pink headset

White and blue PC (build)

 

Jeezus, my colour coordination is a shitstorm actually  

In my defence, the G402 is like my favourite mice, the headset was on a 50% off sale (how can you resist a cloud 2 for like 40 quid?), the keyboard was also on a 50% off sale (cherry MX blues for 55 quid with backlighting...how...just how do you resist that?)  and you know why my PC is white and blue

[Megah3rtz]

Looks a bit wonky near the esc key but I really like black+ blue! 

[Guest]

Just now, Megah3rtz said:

Looks a bit wonky near the esc key but I really like black+ blue! 

i tried.. first time though

[kelvinhall05]

Man, that's better than any of my paint jobs on easier to paint items. Nice job, it looks great.

[EunSoo]

11 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

oh, im blind. 

[Techstorm970]

5 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Black and green keyboard

Black and blue mouse...

White and pink headset

White and blue PC (build)

 

Jeezus, my colour coordination is a shitstorm actually  

You think yours is a sh*tstorm?

 

Black and green keyboard (Razer Ultimate Stealth)

Black and blue mouse (Razer Copperhead)

Black and gunmetal grey headset (Logitech G930)

Black and light grey speakers (Logitech Z323)

Black, red, white, and silver PC (although there's no window on the case, so I guess nobody cares)

[KrZaj]

I did the same thing to my G15 a while ago. Btw good job! It looks cool

[kirashi]

On 3/16/2017 at 3:59 PM, deXxterlab97 said:

Here are some better, non cancerous pictures 

Yes the volume wheel works but ugly. Nothing I can do about that. Roast me

I have the same keyboard and am thinking of painting it Ford Cardinal Red, like my recent PC build in my signature.

Painted before, so I'll probably give it a good sanding, then prime it, then paint it 1 or 2 coats.

Question: How is yours holding up to daily use? Is it chipping? Scuffing? Showing signs of wear?

What paint did you end up using? I'm going with an automotive enamel.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, kirashi said:

 

Question: How is yours holding up to daily use? Is it chipping? Scuffing? Showing signs of wear?

What paint did you end up using? I'm going with an automotive enamel.

still holding strong for a beginner painter. Did not sand it or anything just did a good dust clean and that's all. 

 

I used primer btw, linked above in op

[kirashi]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

still holding strong for a beginner painter. Did not sand it or anything just did a good dust clean and that's all. 

 

I used primer btw, linked above in op

Righto - I should learn to read more betterererer. Erererer. erer.

You did good for a first paint job - we use similar primer here.
I'll find some time to paint mine when we have a warmer weekend out here and post pics in this thread.  

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, kirashi said:

I have the same keyboard and am thinking of painting it Ford Cardinal Red, like my recent PC build in my signature.

Painted before, so I'll probably give it a good sanding, then prime it, then paint it 1 or 2 coats.

Question: How is yours holding up to daily use? Is it chipping? Scuffing? Showing signs of wear?

What paint did you end up using? I'm going with an automotive enamel.

Check my profile, I just took a pic of my desk. I might damage the paint on the top right corner near the volume wheel accidentally (can't recall why/how).Everything else is awesome