Painting a Gaming Monitor: A DIY Project and Tips

I recently took on a challenging project to paint a gaming monitor, and I'm excited to share my experience with you. The process was not without its hiccups, but with some patience and the right techniques, we were able to achieve a stunning result.

The first hurdle we faced was dealing with dust. Every stupid little mistake had the potential to show up in the finished product, so we took extra precautions to minimize dust accumulation. We covered our work area with a tarp, which helped reduce the amount of dust that got stuck in the paint. However, even with the tarp, we still experienced some dust problems during almost every coat. The best advice I can offer is to wait until the coat you're working on dries before making any adjustments. This allows us to get rid of little bits of dust with a tack rag and minimizes the risk of having several small issues rather than one big problem.

The paint itself was a bit tricky, especially when it came to applying clear coats. The Lamborghini red Diablo color we chose required four coats of base coat to reach the desired evenness of color, which took some trial and error. I had breakfast and then returned to work on the clear coat after the 30-minute interval recommended by the manufacturer. This stuff is sticky and easy to screw up, so it's essential to go slow and not touch it until it's ready.

The process of applying multiple coats of clear was just as challenging as the base coat. It took four coats for me to achieve the desired glossiness, but your mileage may vary. If you decide to apply more coats of clear, it will give you room for polishing and create a better finish. With the clear coat done, I left our parts out to dry in the shade. Never let paint dry in the sun or work in direct sunlight for 24 hours before returning to finish the project.

Once the paint was dry, we moved on to sanding with 1500 grit sandpaper to remove any serious orange peel and texture. This process took a little while, but it's essential for achieving a smooth finish. We also used rubbing compound to bring out the shine, which required some elbow grease. If I had gone another six hours, I'm sure we could have gotten an even better result.

The final step was reassembling our parts and putting the monitor back together. To my delight, it worked flawlessly, and the finished product looked stunning. The shiny red color of the entire monitor is truly one-of-a-kind, and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

If you're feeling adventurous and want to try a similar project, I'd recommend stenciling something on the bottom or back of the monitor in matte black plasti dip or another suitable material. This would add an extra layer of personalization and make the monitor even more unique. Considering this project was completed in 8-10 hours and cost relatively little, I'm extremely pleased with my result.

Mobile Carrier Ting: A Customer-Focused Alternative

In addition to our painting adventure, I'd like to recommend a mobile carrier that prioritizes customer service and satisfaction above all else. Ting is a pay-as-you-use carrier that offers competitive pricing and flexible plans. One of the unique features of Ting is that you never speak to a robot when calling them – you're directly connected with a person who will assist you.

The average Ting bill is around $24 per month per device, which may seem low considering it's not based on minutes or data usage. However, this makes sense because you only pay for what you use. To get an accurate estimate of your costs, head over to the Ting website and try out their savings calculator. Simply enter your last few bills from your current plan, along with how much you expect to use in the future. The calculator will spit out a personalized estimate of your costs.

If you're concerned about breaking free from your existing contract, Ting has got you covered. They'll cover 25% of your cancellation fee up to $75. This is an excellent incentive to switch carriers and take advantage of Ting's competitive pricing.

In conclusion, painting a gaming monitor can be a challenging but rewarding experience. With the right techniques and patience, you can achieve a stunning result that sets your device apart from others. If you're looking for a reliable mobile carrier with a focus on customer satisfaction, I highly recommend giving Ting a try.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso the super dirty shirt yeah there's a reason for that this is going to be a bit of an unusual video from me today while we do tackle DIY projects with reasonable frequency we especially lately haven't been particularly focused on doing them correctly so today's monitor painting guide will probably come across a little weird on the subject of guides let me know with the like button below if you want to see us tackle optimizing a 10 G bit Network as a short guide it's something I've been working on for a while for our new office I'm just not sure if it needs its own video freshbooks is the super simple invoicing solution that lets you get organized save time and get paid faster click my face now to try it for free so we kicked things off by finding a nice comfortable place to disassemble our LG 3467 AMD free sync capable ultrawide gaming monitor it's beautiful day for painting monitor I actually did a full review of it already and you can check that out in the little eye in the top right corner of the screen I thought this was a great candidate for a paint JW because while it's 75 HZ variable refresh rate panel has got the proverbial business in the front the rear of it is a little lacky in the party in the back Department the first step was disassembling the display you could paint a monitor by simply masking off the screen and ports and spraying it but you wouldn't end up with a nice finish and you'd risk damaging it so I used LG's recycling disassembly guide to take it apart starting with the screw on the back then by using a plastic pry tool which I quickly replaced with the metal one even though that actually did damage the plastic on the bottom a little bit to get the clips released to pull the backing off next the guide says to remove the speaker so I pulled those off then I started forging my own path removing the arm that attaches the monitor to the stand and the screws around the outside of the edges of the rear of the inside panel with this done I was able to remove the clips at the rear bottom and actually extract the panel from the top/bottom slide bezel as well as that little front fascia piece which was able to pop off just fine after that point so I put the panel away safely I won't be needing that until much later next it's time to work on the plastic so I followed this guide on automotivetouchup.com I know that spray bombs are not the best way to paint something but I don't have and nor do I have any interest in acquiring a spray gun for a one-off project and neither do a lot of people so we're going to try it this way we needed masking tape some prep solving sandpaper and a scuff pad tack cloth plastic parts adhesion promoter sandable primer base coat gloss clear coat and finally rubbing compound for the finishing touches not actually as expensive as it sounds when I list all those things so I started by cleaning off the plastic pieces with soap and water although I suspect this step is more relevant for super dirty cars then I used prep solvent to ensure it was clean and after that I used the scuff pad to rough up the plastic bit to help the primer adhere better it really seems like this step could and probably should actually be done before washing when you're working on something like a monitor but honestly it's not that much work after scuffing and sanding in my case to remove a weird line on the back panel to just wash it down quickly one more time now before applying any material you're going to want to mask anything you don't want paint on so just the control button at the bottom for me and set up a decent workspace obviously a spray booth with no dust flow and a mask would be the best way to keep dust out but I don't have one of those so I made myself a little Al clove undercover in my garage something that I ended up discovering later that I really needed to improve the first two coats are adhesion promoter and the rules for applying this are basically the same as any spray balm 20 cm or so away smooth overlapping stroke press the nozzle before actually being pointed at the surface you're trying to paint and release it once you've passed to avoid drips and don't over apply on a single coat or you'll get drips from that too then finally always follow the recoding instructions to ensure you don't bung everything up if it says wait 15 minutes before reapplying just wait don't touch it just wait after the adhesion promoter it's time for primer at this stage you can still make some mistakes I mean obviously you want to do your best but don't worry too much about it because after three coats of primer you're going to give it another light sand with 600 grit sandpaper anyway clean off those primed parts with water and then use one of those sticky tack rags to remove any dust and lint now you need to step up your game so our painting location wasn't good enough and we didn't have an anti-st treatment for our panels which means dust was a real hassle for us over the next few steps where every stupid little mistake has a chance of showing up in the finished products we were able to help ourselves out a lot by covering our work area with a tarp but even then we'd get dust problems with almost every coat the best advice I can give you now that I'm finished the project though is no matter how tempted you are don't try to fix anything while the paint is wet wait until the coat you're working on dries and you can actually usually get little bits of dust out with the tack Rag and even if you can't you're better off having one very small problem than several big ones and I was surprised at how little of the junk that got stuck in it shows up once you're done with polishing so it took four coats of our Lamborghini red Diablo whatever that color is called base coat to reach the desired evenness of color so I had breakfast and then came back to work on the clear coat after the 30 minute interval that it asks for this stuff is sticky and also much easier to screw up than paint go slow don't touch it and you'll be fine it took four coats of clear for me to reach the desired glossiness but your mileage may vary and if you do more coats of clear then you'll leave yourself more room for polishing the finished product so with the clear coat done I left our parts out to dry in the shade never let paint paint dry in the Sun or work in the Sun for 24 hours before returning to finish the project off so all that's left at this point is take a run at everything with some 1500 grit sandpaper for removing any serious orange peel and texture and then rubbing compound to bring out the shine and uh that does take a little while guys I was at it for a couple of hours and really if i' had gone for you know another 6 hours I could have gotten a better result a really shiny result result but eventually we had to kind of go okay it's time to put this back together and find out if it even works and it turns out yes it does and boy is she beautiful well okay I won't finish that I'll let you guys be the judge but I think considering the reasonable cost of the paint and materials and the fact that this mod was done in a total of 8 to 10 hours I'm really pleased with my now totally one-of-a-kind looking gaming monitor I think to take it a step further I'd really like to stencil maybe not an LG logo again but maybe like something on the bottom here and I'd like to stencil something on the back in like matte black plasti dip or something that would look sick but it's not terribly critical and I'm really liking the shiny smooth red of the entire monitor here I consider this project a success and I hope it inspires you guys to go paint something it doesn't have to be a monitor speaking of things that don't have to be a monitor ting.com they're the mobile carrier that's focused on customer service and customer satisfaction first when you call them and I've tried this you legitimately do not speak to a robot you get put through directly to a person and their billing is different too the average Ting bill is apparently only about $24 per month per device but because it's pay for exactly what you use you might kind of go well gee I don't know how much I'm going to use every month the solution is use their calculator so head over to Ting excuse me lin.com to try out the savings calculator yeah enter your last few bills from your current plan as well as how much you're paying and then boom it spits out and goes okay yeah you'll save money on Ting or oh no maybe you won't and the best part is if you visit that link then you can get $25 off a service credit or towards a new device just for using the link wow amazing also if you're worried about your existing contract they'll cover 25% of your cancellation fee up to 75 bucks so that's lin. ting.com to try it out today so that's pretty much it guys thanks for watching if this video sucked I think you know where the dislike button is but if it was awesome then move a little bit over hit the like button get subscribed if you're not already or even consider supporting us directly by using our affiliate code to shop at Amazon buying a cool t-shirt like this one or with a direct monthly contribution those links are all in the video description and now that you're done with all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click that little button in the top right corner to check out one of our recent videos on our other channel Tech quickie where I give a brief rundown of GPS and what it's all about thanks again for watching I'll see you next timeso the super dirty shirt yeah there's a reason for that this is going to be a bit of an unusual video from me today while we do tackle DIY projects with reasonable frequency we especially lately haven't been particularly focused on doing them correctly so today's monitor painting guide will probably come across a little weird on the subject of guides let me know with the like button below if you want to see us tackle optimizing a 10 G bit Network as a short guide it's something I've been working on for a while for our new office I'm just not sure if it needs its own video freshbooks is the super simple invoicing solution that lets you get organized save time and get paid faster click my face now to try it for free so we kicked things off by finding a nice comfortable place to disassemble our LG 3467 AMD free sync capable ultrawide gaming monitor it's beautiful day for painting monitor I actually did a full review of it already and you can check that out in the little eye in the top right corner of the screen I thought this was a great candidate for a paint JW because while it's 75 HZ variable refresh rate panel has got the proverbial business in the front the rear of it is a little lacky in the party in the back Department the first step was disassembling the display you could paint a monitor by simply masking off the screen and ports and spraying it but you wouldn't end up with a nice finish and you'd risk damaging it so I used LG's recycling disassembly guide to take it apart starting with the screw on the back then by using a plastic pry tool which I quickly replaced with the metal one even though that actually did damage the plastic on the bottom a little bit to get the clips released to pull the backing off next the guide says to remove the speaker so I pulled those off then I started forging my own path removing the arm that attaches the monitor to the stand and the screws around the outside of the edges of the rear of the inside panel with this done I was able to remove the clips at the rear bottom and actually extract the panel from the top/bottom slide bezel as well as that little front fascia piece which was able to pop off just fine after that point so I put the panel away safely I won't be needing that until much later next it's time to work on the plastic so I followed this guide on automotivetouchup.com I know that spray bombs are not the best way to paint something but I don't have and nor do I have any interest in acquiring a spray gun for a one-off project and neither do a lot of people so we're going to try it this way we needed masking tape some prep solving sandpaper and a scuff pad tack cloth plastic parts adhesion promoter sandable primer base coat gloss clear coat and finally rubbing compound for the finishing touches not actually as expensive as it sounds when I list all those things so I started by cleaning off the plastic pieces with soap and water although I suspect this step is more relevant for super dirty cars then I used prep solvent to ensure it was clean and after that I used the scuff pad to rough up the plastic bit to help the primer adhere better it really seems like this step could and probably should actually be done before washing when you're working on something like a monitor but honestly it's not that much work after scuffing and sanding in my case to remove a weird line on the back panel to just wash it down quickly one more time now before applying any material you're going to want to mask anything you don't want paint on so just the control button at the bottom for me and set up a decent workspace obviously a spray booth with no dust flow and a mask would be the best way to keep dust out but I don't have one of those so I made myself a little Al clove undercover in my garage something that I ended up discovering later that I really needed to improve the first two coats are adhesion promoter and the rules for applying this are basically the same as any spray balm 20 cm or so away smooth overlapping stroke press the nozzle before actually being pointed at the surface you're trying to paint and release it once you've passed to avoid drips and don't over apply on a single coat or you'll get drips from that too then finally always follow the recoding instructions to ensure you don't bung everything up if it says wait 15 minutes before reapplying just wait don't touch it just wait after the adhesion promoter it's time for primer at this stage you can still make some mistakes I mean obviously you want to do your best but don't worry too much about it because after three coats of primer you're going to give it another light sand with 600 grit sandpaper anyway clean off those primed parts with water and then use one of those sticky tack rags to remove any dust and lint now you need to step up your game so our painting location wasn't good enough and we didn't have an anti-st treatment for our panels which means dust was a real hassle for us over the next few steps where every stupid little mistake has a chance of showing up in the finished products we were able to help ourselves out a lot by covering our work area with a tarp but even then we'd get dust problems with almost every coat the best advice I can give you now that I'm finished the project though is no matter how tempted you are don't try to fix anything while the paint is wet wait until the coat you're working on dries and you can actually usually get little bits of dust out with the tack Rag and even if you can't you're better off having one very small problem than several big ones and I was surprised at how little of the junk that got stuck in it shows up once you're done with polishing so it took four coats of our Lamborghini red Diablo whatever that color is called base coat to reach the desired evenness of color so I had breakfast and then came back to work on the clear coat after the 30 minute interval that it asks for this stuff is sticky and also much easier to screw up than paint go slow don't touch it and you'll be fine it took four coats of clear for me to reach the desired glossiness but your mileage may vary and if you do more coats of clear then you'll leave yourself more room for polishing the finished product so with the clear coat done I left our parts out to dry in the shade never let paint paint dry in the Sun or work in the Sun for 24 hours before returning to finish the project off so all that's left at this point is take a run at everything with some 1500 grit sandpaper for removing any serious orange peel and texture and then rubbing compound to bring out the shine and uh that does take a little while guys I was at it for a couple of hours and really if i' had gone for you know another 6 hours I could have gotten a better result a really shiny result result but eventually we had to kind of go okay it's time to put this back together and find out if it even works and it turns out yes it does and boy is she beautiful well okay I won't finish that I'll let you guys be the judge but I think considering the reasonable cost of the paint and materials and the fact that this mod was done in a total of 8 to 10 hours I'm really pleased with my now totally one-of-a-kind looking gaming monitor I think to take it a step further I'd really like to stencil maybe not an LG logo again but maybe like something on the bottom here and I'd like to stencil something on the back in like matte black plasti dip or something that would look sick but it's not terribly critical and I'm really liking the shiny smooth red of the entire monitor here I consider this project a success and I hope it inspires you guys to go paint something it doesn't have to be a monitor speaking of things that don't have to be a monitor ting.com they're the mobile carrier that's focused on customer service and customer satisfaction first when you call them and I've tried this you legitimately do not speak to a robot you get put through directly to a person and their billing is different too the average Ting bill is apparently only about $24 per month per device but because it's pay for exactly what you use you might kind of go well gee I don't know how much I'm going to use every month the solution is use their calculator so head over to Ting excuse me lin.com to try out the savings calculator yeah enter your last few bills from your current plan as well as how much you're paying and then boom it spits out and goes okay yeah you'll save money on Ting or oh no maybe you won't and the best part is if you visit that link then you can get $25 off a service credit or towards a new device just for using the link wow amazing also if you're worried about your existing contract they'll cover 25% of your cancellation fee up to 75 bucks so that's lin. ting.com to try it out today so that's pretty much it guys thanks for watching if this video sucked I think you know where the dislike button is but if it was awesome then move a little bit over hit the like button get subscribed if you're not already or even consider supporting us directly by using our affiliate code to shop at Amazon buying a cool t-shirt like this one or with a direct monthly contribution those links are all in the video description and now that you're done with all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click that little button in the top right corner to check out one of our recent videos on our other channel Tech quickie where I give a brief rundown of GPS and what it's all about thanks again for watching I'll see you next time\n"