Painting Oxygen 8

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Painting Oxygen 8

Hey guys! I’m new to doing cosmetic modding, I’d like to paint my oxygen 8 case.

I was planning to use plastic specific spray paint, do i need primer?

Any other tips you have for me? Sand it down?

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if you want the paint to last and not chip after a month or so you need to do a bit more work.
You should wait 30 minutes-1 hour between coats. The longer the better.
Sand
Primer
Sand
Primer
2 light coats of the color you want
clear coat.

I painted my bcr with just a plastic spray and it turned out ok looking but started chipping and would scratch really easy. I redid it the proper way and its been going strong for 3 monthes now not.

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thanks for the tips! after the first time i sand and prime, how far do i sand it down?

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you shouldn’t have to go to far. Use a coarse sandpaper(40-60) you just want to make it rough enough so the primer will stick. What color are you going to paint it?

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Either, a deep purple with lime green accents (the green of the new knobs in the DJTT store!), or all lime green, or deep purple with golden accents, im very indecisive about the whole thing haha

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either way it would look wicked. be sure to post pics once you’re done.

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i plan on it! :slight_smile:

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i am thinking of painting mine all so

is it easy to take apart?

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theres a vid of someone taking it apart somewhere? ean had it posted or linked or something a bit ago…

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link?

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UPDATE- bought all my spraypaint, going to begin sanding now! :slight_smile:

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amazing that looks great

keep us updated i just got my primary and sandpaper just need to sort out my paint

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Nice! I’ll keep you all updated! :slight_smile:

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And how did t go?
Did it work well for you and your oxygen?

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“10-20-2009”
I don’t think he survived. so sad :disappointed:
R.I.P.

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Stumbled upon this, and now I’m sad too :disappointed: I guess I’ll have to do what he was going to do with an MPK mini or something like that :slight_smile:

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woah use a 600 grit sand paper then 800 then 1000 40 grit will f it to shits.
clean the whole thing first (alcohol or degreaser agent)

then sand 600 grit
prime it
sand 800
prime it
sand 1000
prime it then paint then clear coat and buff it with wax

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obvious the grit needs to be higher (I’m partial to emery paper at the end myself)

But that sounds like a very very permanent and high quality result.

This implies a lot of work. That doesn’t sound appealing :wink:

Oh, and fuck the MPK mini paint, I think I’m gonna paint the case of my LP when it gets here! (if ever!!! woe is me waiting for the post!!!)