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I took my old 3Com590b-combo pci network card. Notice how boring it looks. Let's see if we can make it look any better.
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First take some tape and mask the areas that you don't want to be painted. In this case PCI-connector and the front plate.
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Do the same for the front side too. We don't need to paint this side because it isn't visible when we install the card.
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I went out and bought a can of white primer, yellow acrylic paint and clear acrylic varnish.
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After a few coats of primer the card looks like this. This works as a base where we can put almost any paint on.
Just remember to follow the instructions that are printed on the can.
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Painted with yellow neon paint and then coated with thin layer of varnish. Shining nicely. At this point I also tested that painted surface
doesn't conduct current. We don't want to make any short circuits with out paint job. ;)
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As you can see, the paint leaves the wire patterns of the surface visible.
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Installed and system up and running. Working good. Compare the color of my red Gainward Ti4200 to our new neon yellow network card.
What a difference. :)
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Update! I had few requests asking me to show how to card would look painted with chrome.
I painted on top of the yellow paint and this is the result. Chrome paint is slow to dry so I can't install the card yet
and I can't measure if the chrome is conductive. Wait for further updates. :)
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