Apollo Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Alright, I was watching some old episodes of Hak5, and I think it was episode 2 that Wess did a session on painting an old IBM keyboard. Well I was looking around and I found a nice old keyboard and matching mouse and was like...hmmm I have time I wanna paint this. There is only one problem, the mouse scroll wheel is orange... my color scheme is black and blue (creative I know) but the orange really throws it off. I was wondering if anyone out there knew if there is a way to paint a scroll wheel. I did some searching and it appears the major consensus is that even if the paint sticks it will wear off pretty quickly. Anyone know how to remedy this or am I just going to have to deal with an orange scroll wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Onec you have painted it you could (some how) coat it in a glue of some nature that dries transparent. Getting that even and so it still fits will be pretty tough I can imagine. Ignoring the painting aspect, to get the coating of what ever translucent coating you wish to apply even will probably (depending on the consistency of the substance) involve completely covering it in the substance, then rotating it slowly on all 3 axis for the time it takes the surface of the substance to set. The rotating should prevent 'drooping' of the substance, depending on it's consistency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destro Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I would just take the scroll out of the mouse. Put something besides paint that is the color you want. I was thinking maybe some kind of tape and put it back in. Paint would wear off to fast for it to be worth it. cheers, Destro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshan Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Maybe see if you can find a clear wheel and just leave it unpainted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundguymike Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If it is a rubber maybe try staining it instead of painting it. I'm not sure what would work best but you could try items like wood stain, ink, fabric dye, Hair coloring, Sharpie. They all might do the job and they are fairly cheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdoublejj Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 what about Vynle die or paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_of_laziness Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I agree, paint is a bad idea. Staining might work, but you might also want to look into ink, like the stuff they use for calligraphy, not the ballpoint pen type. My mom had some of it and it's got about the viscosity of water, so you should be able to just dip the scroll wheel in it. Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tactix Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 i second vinyl die ive seen a few 360's done with this and the finish is hard wearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-ram Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Its even in the hak5 wiki! http://wiki.hak5.org/wiki/Vinyl_Dye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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