Re: Customized Apple II's Around?

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

If you ever paint a shell that is glossy and textured, you should always
sand the surface, prime, then paint with the color. Sanding will get rid of
the glossy finish, which helps the primer stick to the shell. The Apple
II/II+/IIe beige shell is more difficult to sand because the beige color is
painted on, and for a really good smooth finish it would be best to sand all
of the beige color off. I'm not sure about the IIe platinum shell, but all
other shells following it have the color and finish molded into the shell,
making sanding somewhat easier.

--- Bryan

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> "Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org> wrote in message
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> > Anyone here have other web sites showing customized Apple II systems
they
> > would like to share (clear models, painted, etc.)??? Post them if you
do!
>
> I need to refinish it, but I did an Apple IIe in all black.  I
> neglected to clearcoat it, so there are now spots where the black has
> worn off.  It looked really slick, too.  I was right proud of it.
> Unfortunately, I didn't do half as good a job on the Unidisk cases.  I
> bunged those up nice and thorough, like.
>
> Painting plastic and doing a good job of it is not easy!  Anyone have
> pointers to share?