Simple Painting Tutorial

[Under-Ground]

heres a simple tutorial you can all follow to paint your xbox 360 and or controllers


Materials:
Sandpaper(800 grit, 1500 grit, 2000 grit)
Paint (paint ment for plastics, Dupli Color, Krylon Fusion, etc...paint ment for plastic)


1- Soak all parts to be painted in warm water, leave in for a few minutes
2- WETSAND all parts with 800 grit paper, should be real smooth
2.5 - rinse in water after wetsand, get all that leftover off
3- Let all parts dry naturally, no towel dry
4- When it is all dry, apply first coat of paint, let it dry for 30-45 minutes
5- Apply second coat of paint, let that dry for 30-45 minutes
6- If there are any bubbles of paint or anything, you could wetsand that down with 1500 grit
7- Apply third coat of paint, let that one dry for an hour
8- Clear: apply first clear coat, let that dry for an hour
9 Apply second clear coat, let that dry overnight, dont touch it

thats pretty much the basics for painting the 360

[EvilSnowMan]

Not a bad condensed quick tut. Sometimes it is nice to be able to get the idea with in a couple min opposed to the 3 page long tuts.

[Under-Ground]

thanks, i just kept it short and simple, didnt get into detail to get it all shiny and stuff, just a normal paint job

[janrocks]

Great.. I've bookmarked it. I'll make a tut's section in the 360 section and collect them all together in the next day or so. Thanks guys.

[FILTHY J NASTY]

hEY do i still have to sad down the grills when painting? or can i just spray them?

[Under-Ground]

the 2 grilles, you can just paint...i didnt sand those

[FILTHY J NASTY]

ok so i can just go pic up a can of plastic spraypaint and start spraying?



Also do i have to sand my chrome dvd bezel?

[Under-Ground]

well on the grills u can....but the console and faceplate need to be wetsanded....im not sure about painting the chrome...but i would sand it to be safe

[FILTHY J NASTY]

Ok so if i painted my bezel i will just sand it down with like 800grit sand paper and i am good to go?

[Under-Ground]

yes, wetsand it...than your good to go

[chipdouglas2819]

do u use soap of any kind to wet sand?

[Under-Ground]

ive heard of some people using a little bit of dish washing detergent ...that works pretty good....i didnt use it on my box though

[MstrChief55]

i may be wrong, but UG i think maybe you should mention after wet sanding, that they may need to rinse the pcs to be painted in flowing water to make sure 100% of the grit comes off...

[Under-Ground]

wouldnt you think that the person would do that automatically though? but thanks, ill add that in

[MstrChief55]

sorry, no offense meant, but i was just reading through and i know that with al my education it didnt hit me right away...