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02/03/13 10:07 am | #76

Quote by theEVOL1:

Quote by Mo the Surfer:

I would never have thought about a vinyl dye. How did you come up with that solution?

How much time between coats and how long until you topcoat it with lacquer?

I know a guy who used to do full customization on cars and he swore by vinyl dye for interiors, especially faux leather. The pliability of leather meant that regular paint just isn't an option. It works on all plastics though. I don't really use it on consoles because they aren't handled much, but controllers are necessary!

I do very thin layers. You can barely see the tint after the first two coats. I don't wait more than about 3 minutes between coats. I end up with about 6-8 coats (depending on what color I'm going from/to) and then let it set for ~24 hours. Then I wet sand with 2000 grit or higher, wash it with dish soap and let it dry completely. Then I do 1 or 2 heavy coats and let it set for AT LEAST 24 hours.

At this point, if I'm not clear coating, It shouldn't be touched for 3 days to a week. I'll clear coat with acrylic lacquer after 1 day though. That should be completely set in another day.

I hate how long it takes to do them, but if you want it to look good, it is definitely worth being patient and doing it right!

I can totally understand your desire to have it done 'now' but like you said if you want it to look good... Time is your friend in this situation.

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

02/16/13 1:55 pm | #77

I know I've gotten this thread off of custom consoles a bit. Don't worry, I have a doozy in progress right now!

Anyway, for this project, I have decided to frontlight my son's Gameboy Color. He was super excited that he found a good deal on the GBC and bought it with his own money, so I decided that I'm going to totally deck it out for him! I have already replaced the speaker. It was rusted and barely worked. I took the speaker out of my old LG Chicolate and put it in and it sounds great!

Back to the task at hand! I know some people are going to say that they can't believe I wrecked a GBA to upgrade a GBC, but this is more for customizing my son's prized possession. Plus we have a bunch of GB and GBC games and a bunch of DS that already play GBA games!

I didn't get many pics. Usually once I get started modding, I forget to take WIP photos! Lol Here's what I did take plus the finished product. It looks great! It's really bright and you can now play Gameboy games in pitch darkness! Hope you enjoy!

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

02/16/13 2:16 pm | #78

Thats so awesome Evol! I remember when I was a kid, me and my brother would fight over the one seat in our van because it had a light overhead and we could play our games on trips at night. I wish I could have had a light up screen on my GBC.

Re: Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

02/16/13 2:37 pm | #79

Quote by CRAWFORD:

Thats so awesome Evol! I remember when I was a kid, me and my brother would fight over the one seat in our van because it had a light overhead and we could play our games on trips at night. I wish I could have had a light up screen on my GBC.

I figured anyone who has ever had an old Gameboy or GBC can appreciate this! We had like one seat in our living room with a table lamp close enough to play after about 7:00! Lol I think we all would've loved this back in the day! My son loves it!

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

02/16/13 2:48 pm | #80

Oh yeah? Chicken primavera on the 20th? I'll be there...

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

02/16/13 3:09 pm | #81

That is sweet! It makes it worth it since he bought it himself, kids always appreciate stuff more when bought with their own money, and now his is 1 of a kind.

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02/16/13 3:59 pm | #82

Quote by PureEvil x21:

That is sweet! It makes it worth it since he bought it himself, kids always appreciate stuff more when bought with their own money, and now his is 1 of a kind.

Thanks! Yeah, usually he's a money waster and he was so proud of his purchase! We're going to try to come up with a paint job for it and I'm thinking about making a rechargeable battery pack with an outlet to plug and charge so we don't eat up AAs! This thing is going to be cherry when I'm done with it!

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

03/13/13 3:46 pm | #83

I'm just going to leave this here...

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

03/13/13 4:31 pm | #84

seller has too much negative feedback

4/10 would not recommend

Re: Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

03/13/13 5:11 pm | #85

Quote by Meta:

seller has too much negative feedback

4/10 would not recommend

A7X gave him positive feedback...

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

05/18/13 10:07 am | #86

I have a question about switch hard drives on one console and since this seems to be the tech thread for console discussion...

I have 2 consoles, both of them are the original type. One of them is suddenly doing a partial red ring - 2 segments, not all 4. It's old and has been to the red ring shop in Texas about 4 times now and once for the disk drive not reading.

I don't have the cash to get it fixed by our local shop and I dare not do it myself.

I have another console that is for the rest of the family and it runs perfectly. It has a 20 gig HD which really isn't much room for installing a bunch of games. I think I have 1 or 2 regular games on it and a few XBLA games and I have under 1 gig left. The console with issues has a 120 gig HD and I use it for everything.

So here's my question - can I switch HD's for short term use? A few hours with 20 gig and then switch to the 120 gig for a while and then back to the 20 gig?

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

05/18/13 10:39 am | #87

Switch it while you're playing, or switch it after you're done?

Re: Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

05/18/13 11:42 am | #88

Quote by Mo the Surfer:

I have a question about switch hard drives on one console and since this seems to be the tech thread for console discussion...

I have 2 consoles, both of them are the original type. One of them is suddenly doing a partial red ring - 2 segments, not all 4. It's old and has been to the red ring shop in Texas about 4 times now and once for the disk drive not reading.

I don't have the cash to get it fixed by our local shop and I dare not do it myself.

I have another console that is for the rest of the family and it runs perfectly. It has a 20 gig HD which really isn't much room for installing a bunch of games. I think I have 1 or 2 regular games on it and a few XBLA games and I have under 1 gig left. The console with issues has a 120 gig HD and I use it for everything.

So here's my question - can I switch HD's for short term use? A few hours with 20 gig and then switch to the 120 gig for a while and then back to the 20 gig?

I switch my old style hard drives all the time. Works just fine. But yeah don't remove it while the xbox is still on :laugh:

:laugh:

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

05/18/13 12:07 pm | #89

Yeah, I'm constantly using my HDD on different consoles. Just make sure you keep track of what games and saves you have on which HDD if you still plant to split time between the two. Gamesaves for a game on one HDD and DLC on another makes it a pain! Lol

Re: Custom Xbox 360 consoles

05/18/13 12:36 pm | #90

I wasn't going to switch the HD's around with the power on, and I always keep my game info on the same HD as the games itself.

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