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Make and Do with Mary Fitzgerald - v2012

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  • 26-10-2012 10:46am
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    FutureGuy
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    Anyone ever actually paint any part of their stick. I want an orange bezel for my stick but Madcatz wont ship outside of the US and A?

    So had the brainwave of painting my red one orange :pac::pac::pac:

    Anyone with any xp with this? I presume it's a case of cleaning it, adding primer, painting and applying a sealing coat?


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    K.O.Kiki
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    What you want is a plastic bonding paint e.g. Krylon Fusion or Colorbond Restore.
    It chemically bonds with the plastic, and no priming is needed other than a soap wash. You also keep the original texture with this.
    And finally, it's touch-dry within <1hr.

    Best place to look is a car parts shop, e.g. Halfords.


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    FutureGuy
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    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    What you want is a plastic bonding paint e.g. Krylon Fusion or Colorbond Restore.
    It chemically bonds with the plastic, and no priming is needed other than a soap wash. You also keep the original texture with this.
    And finally, it's touch-dry within <1hr.

    Best place to look is a car parts shop, e.g. Halfords.

    Kiki. Legend. Thank you.


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    K.O.Kiki
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    Make sure to get some good quality masking tape & duct tape too (layering the duct tape over masking) -- once you change the colour, it's permanent.


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    FutureGuy
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    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Make sure to get some good quality masking tape & duct tape too (layering the duct tape over masking) -- once you change the colour, it's permanent.

    Haha too late. Third coat on. It's looking really nice. Perfect orange.

    Thanks again Kiki.


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    Junsuina Chikara
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    Sorry FutureGuy, I just saw this thread now. If you go to Gameshark.net and select UK at the top right, I think you can buy the custom Madcatz bezels.

    Here is a link to the bezels page on Gameshark.net (UK store which do ship to Ireland):

    http://store.gameshark.net/Fight_Sticks-Parts-Bezels/303


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    K.O.Kiki
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    FutureGuy wrote: »

    Haha too late. Third coat on. It's looking really nice. Perfect orange.

    Thanks again Kiki.
    Cool beans, put up pics when it's done. :)


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