Painting Pioneer 106s Slot Load DVD Drive

[LiLRiceBoi]

How do you paint this thing? I cant figure a way to get the felt think off the faceplate. Can I find black dye relatively cheeply? or should I just use spray paint?

TIA

 

[mrCide]

vinyl dye from an autopartshop.. and mask the black felt

 

[Smacksmackums]

Go HERE!

The first part tells how to put a little window into it but then it goes on to tell how to paint it. It's a good article.

 

[RU482]

Good post...I need to do this in the near future...same model drive even!

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

So basically I slip something between the felt and the face.

How much does the dye cost?

 

[Nefrodite]

i've always wondered this too🙂 and why vinyl dye? isn't that just another name for paint? how will a spray painted mostly plastic case look anyways🙂

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

I heard with the dye it actually penatrates the plastic and you dont have to worry about chipping the buttons and stuff that gets a lot of wear. I'm not sure about primer for plastic, I will have to look into that.

I am/was actually kinda worried about painting this with soemthing slipped between the face and the felt because I didnt know if the paint would make the paper I put in there stick to the face, and if I "cut" the paint where it stuck how it would look.

I'm leaning towards dye but price is a factor.

 

[Nefrodite]

i guess you'd have to clean the surface so the dye soaks in evenly hmm😛 if its a simple rub on procedure that would make it really easy to do my entire case... but i wonder how toxic the stuff is.

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

Well you have to spray the metal. I've been wanting to do my whole case, but I havent had time to pick up all the stuff

 

[GermyBoy]

I should do that to a drive sometime.

I painted my original case a long time ago. Still on there. I used a green spraypaint after creating a positive from masking tape.

 

[aolsuxs]

just use some alcohol to clean it of finger prints and stuff and then spray a few coats of spray paint and possibly gloss, you could take out the face plate and do different colors for the tray and the button. I'll add a pic of mine once it gets brighter, my digi cam suxs and has no flash.