Paint jobs

Gleix · March 09, 2009, 08:11:42 AM

I hadn't done any painting in a long time, mostly due to the cold weather, but upon getting back into it I realized how much of a difference it makes when putting together an instrument... It gives it so much more character. Here are a few favorites I've done recently:

(green keys fluoresce in blacklight)

Simply changing the keys can change the entire look of a keyboard:

Old favorite:

I'd love to see some paint jobs anybody else here feels like sharing!

SineHacker · March 09, 2009, 11:14:43 AM

do you take the keyboards apart entirely to get those details?

Circuitbenders · March 09, 2009, 12:33:14 PM

glow in the dark HR16!

the_zombiest · March 09, 2009, 12:52:15 PM

They're some very purty paint jobs.

Here's my 'ugly-by-comparison' DD6

noystoise · March 12, 2009, 05:21:27 AM

Quote from: breakbeatnazi on March 09, 2009, 08:11:42 AM
I hadn't done any painting in a long time, mostly due to the cold weather

i know what you mean, i painted two keyboards yesterday. both of them turned out relatively bad. i blame the cold and the humidity. ironically, when it is warm and sunny here i dont spend a lot of time circuit bending. here are the keyboards, the pt-100 isnt finished obviously. its kind of hard to see the true quality in these pictures. the light is bad in here.

btw, that glowing drum machine is cool. i painted a keyboard with that glow paint some years ago but it turned out pretty bad. the paint dried all rough and transparent. i didnt realize that it was supposed to be transparent until i had already used the whole can. my friend recently sent me a box of thermochromatic paints. i havent tried them yet because they are super toxic. someday maybe.

Circuitbenders · March 12, 2009, 01:55:14 PM

some kind of scaling down photos might be useful here

goldenbaby · March 17, 2009, 01:09:45 PM

breakbeat, nice painting! Especially the first few, they seem to have a somewhat 80s style to them. Delish!

Once I make something worth the effort of painting, I shall do so. Are you guys using spray paint 99% of time, or what?

3rdness · March 17, 2009, 01:30:00 PM

I just got into painting stuff pretty recently. It makes a HUGE difference!

Way more fun to play freaky looking toys.

I know i posted pics of this casio elsewhere, but it looks so sick....

I get a cool stenciled texture from using some crate and barrel perforated packing paper as a mask.

Circuitbenders · March 17, 2009, 03:39:26 PM

Quote from: noystoise on March 12, 2009, 05:21:27 AM
btw, that glowing drum machine is cool. i painted a keyboard with that glow paint some years ago but it turned out pretty bad. the paint dried all rough and transparent. i didnt realize that it was supposed to be transparent until i had already used the whole can. my friend recently sent me a box of thermochromatic paints. i havent tried them yet because they are super toxic. someday maybe.

I found it worked best with a white undercoat and several thin layers of glow spray paint. If you try and put on a completely opaque layer in one go it goes a bit lumpy and wierd.

Gleix · August 01, 2009, 03:33:01 AM

Reviving this topic since I've something to share, and maybe other people do too by now!

The Casio KA-2 is pretty ugly by itself... not sure why they made it at all, especially as a "rare" type of SA-2... Red keyboard with yellow buttons and slider just ... looks so god awful. I think this looks pretty awesome though. The whole bottom half is black now to add contrast..

hoffy · August 01, 2009, 02:36:10 PM

Wow, these machines look awesome. 'Specially that casio above...

Just a quick question, sorry to go off topic- where do I get myself one of them Sesame street all-star band keyboards? I've been wanting one since i saw the schematics on getlofi, and i can't find one online anywhere.

Cheers guys

phantompowers · August 04, 2009, 10:41:02 AM

I made this out of a toy laser gun, a rape alarm and a push bike back light. Along with a piece of MDF I got out of a skip. I used PVA paint for the finish.

Circuitbenders · August 04, 2009, 11:34:24 AM

That one was kind of an accident. I'd sprayed it silver but then decided i didn't like it so tried to spray it black, except the can of black paint had something clogging up the nozzle so it came out in splatters......... which was nice

mr ibrahiem · August 04, 2009, 07:28:25 PM

nice I wish i was that good at paint my instrumens but not so good iam so i put other stuff on them like bits of costume jewelry and other tactile things any way ia get off track a bit ......all of you are done good paintjobs

MAGTIG · August 09, 2009, 07:50:04 AM

I like to draw on my keyboards with markers of various kinds, I was even thinking I'd start painting on them with acrylics, but obviously they need sealant. I have some alcohol based fixative for oil pastels, but something tells me that's not really the right stuff. What do you guys use?