Project : BossFX-57

[Rankenphile]

Hawt.

[Tech-Daddy]

YAY!!!
The mouse is done!

Here is a little trick I pulled tonight. The Rubber surround on the wheel was a clear rubber, and I wanted the opaqueness of a "tire"... so I took the rubber piece off of the plastic center. I then boiled some water in a glass dish, then poured in 1/2 a package of RIT black dye. Mixed it up good, then dropped the rubber piece into the dye. Let it sit there for about 30 minutes, essentially letting the water cool with the rubber in it. I let the boiling water cool for about 2 minutes prior to adding in the rubber piece for fear that I was going to melt it and mis-shape it.

But the piece came out PERFECT! Opaque black, and still fits the original dimensions!

I need to buy some mouse skates for the oval patches that I took off the bottom, but otherwise it is done!

[TheAtomicMan]

That is quite the sex.

[Thallion]

That came out very nice, great job. how did you know the rubber in boiling water trick, geesh sometimes it's amazing the little tricks people have stashed away in their noggins....

[Tech-Daddy]

I knew that mouthpieces (from my old football days) became pliable and could be molded after a hot water bath. I also assumed that this "state change" would "open up" the rubber.

So I took an educated guess....

That was all. I had *no* clue if it would actually work! But... it did!

[MDCS]

It looks great. Any chance of a shot of it next to the case?

[Tech-Daddy]

I still have a keyboard to get matched up into the mix... *then* I will have a family portrait!

[MDCS]

I still have a keyboard to get matched up into the mix... *then* I will have a family portrait!

Family portrait ... funny.
Going for the speakers too? How about the monitor?

I've been meaning to ask you. Where did you get the decals for the case? Or did you paint in the Boss FX name and stripes?

I bought a decal set on the web that lets you print out any graphic on their special paper, then you cover it with their clear paint (not sure if it's the same clear we use on our paint jobs or not) then just dunk it in water like regular decals.

BTW ... starting to love that little compressor. Now that I've used it more, it seems to work great. And seems to have plenty of power to paint whatever I need it for.

[Tech-Daddy]

I custom built the stickers in Photoshop, created vector files and then took them to a sign shop and had them cut out of black vinyl.

You have a link to this paper system that you bought?

[MDCS]

I custom built the stickers in Photoshop, created vector files and then took them to a sign shop and had them cut out of black vinyl.

You have a link to this paper system that you bought?

Was that expensive?


Here is the one I bought.
http://www.decalfactory.com/u-make.php

And another one I had marked off for the future.
http://www.kustomrides.com/xcart/Pre...per-p-266.html