My Black Aspire One

Well, I bought one of the first (blue) AAOns, and I have been having a lot of trouble... I was replacing the SSD with a 30GB HDD and adding a GB of RAM, so I thought I might as well do some beauty-modding... I painted it black! It looks a lot better in person (when you're not using a flash...), but I couldn't be bothered to take proper pictures. It looks good even in sunlight, and you don't get fatty-finger-marks (non glossy paint). I also cut a hole in the floor beneath the fan, since I won't be using it.
Running Win7 Beta now, it's really fast. Faster than XP




Very ugly fan-hole:


I know it looks like shit, but I won't be looking underneath my one much
Also, silicone is hard to paint.. might just buy some black silicone and slap on top.

If you want to paint your AAO, don't be afraid. It's very easy

 

Looks very nice but I'll keep my Aspire One white!

 

Thanks GvidoR

Here it is next to its former twin.
I'm considering painting the keyboard too.

 

It actually does look better than the blue one. With that paint on there are no fingerprints right?
What color are you going to paint your keyboard?

 

Nope, no fingerprints at all

I was thinking about using the same colour and paint for the keyboard, but I probably won't do it unless I can pick up a spare one somewhere.. Just in case I miss the symbols, even if it's highly unlikely that I will.

 

The keyboard is already black... that is the same color! :?

 

Are you sure?

 

And how will you type now?

 

with alot of mistakes i presume!

by the way windows 7 ftw

 

That's just a mock up I did in PhotoShop, but I don't think it would affect my typing much. I don't usually look down =)

 

out of curiosity, how is the paint holding up?

is the mouse pad still just as sensitive?

finally, what paint/process did you use to paint the little booger?

 

Still not a scratch, but I have not been handling it carelessly.

Touchpad is fine, just as good as it ever was.

I just sanded it down and use regular hobby paint I bought at a hardware store. Acrylic I guess.

 

Do you want to take on a painting customer? Me !!

Super looking paint job, first rate.

 

Hehe, thanks jerry!

I'm sure you can do it yourself, just remember to use lots of thin layers
I think I did 6 or 7.

 

Did you use primer before paint layers? Also wondering what kind of paint did you used? Is it polyurethane paint, that is very durable?

 

I did not prime it.

I used "tough coat acrylic alkyd enamel spray paint". That's all the can says, I have no idea what it's really composed of
It does seem really strong tho, still no scratches.

 

thank you very much for your response - i think i am going to tackle this project as soon as i get my 100 gig zif drive in. yay for tinkering with stuff! wish me luck

 

damn it really looks good, i just painted the bottom part myself , very good looking
thanks for sharing

 

What grit sanding paper did you use? 800? I'm thinking of doing this mod this weekend.

 

600c silicone carbide water proof abrasive paper. Electro coated
I used water while sanding.

Thanks

No problem! Good luck