Painting the faceplates of optical drives

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I have a couple of machines in dark grey boxes and I'd like to change the
colour of the beige optical drives (combos and dvd burners). Is there any
problems I should look out for in removing the faceplates of the drives so
that they can be painted? It is a pretty easy rask for Liteon drives so I'd
assume it would be the same for the other brands? One of the drives is a
beige PioneerDVR-107D.

Thanks,
Shane

 

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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:42:50 +1000, "no spam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have a couple of machines in dark grey boxes and I'd like to change the
>colour of the beige optical drives (combos and dvd burners). Is there any
>problems I should look out for in removing the faceplates of the drives so
>that they can be painted? It is a pretty easy rask for Liteon drives so I'd
>assume it would be the same for the other brands? One of the drives is a
>beige PioneerDVR-107D.
>
>Thanks,
>Shane
>

It's easy enough to remove them but the main things to keep in mind are:

- Eject the tray first

- The warmer it is (within reason) the less likely to crack (particularly
the small tabs on the side)

- It's helpful to have a few small pieces of thin cardboard/paperboard,
so when you release one tab you can slip in the piece of cardboard and the
tab stays pulled out with least amount of flexing to the rest of the
faceplate. It's also useful to have soft tools instead of metal, so as to
minimize strapes or dents in the plastic. "Tool" could mean wooden stick
or piece of plastic, whatever applies and is handy.

- A few drives (I don't remember which brands) have/had a tab more
difficult to see, that catches on the internal framework, not protruding
though a slot in the metal outer casing. It's not really "hard" to see
it, but you'd have to be looking or to notice the resistance to removal.
Faceplates that are held on with screws are now rare if not extinct.

 

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Just the info I was looking for thankyou.

Shane

"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:42:50 +1000, "no spam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a couple of machines in dark grey boxes and I'd like to change the
> >colour of the beige optical drives (combos and dvd burners). Is there
any
> >problems I should look out for in removing the faceplates of the drives
so
> >that they can be painted? It is a pretty easy rask for Liteon drives so
I'd
> >assume it would be the same for the other brands? One of the drives is a
> >beige PioneerDVR-107D.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Shane
> >
>
> It's easy enough to remove them but the main things to keep in mind are:
>
> - Eject the tray first
>
> - The warmer it is (within reason) the less likely to crack (particularly
> the small tabs on the side)
>
> - It's helpful to have a few small pieces of thin cardboard/paperboard,
> so when you release one tab you can slip in the piece of cardboard and the
> tab stays pulled out with least amount of flexing to the rest of the
> faceplate. It's also useful to have soft tools instead of metal, so as to
> minimize strapes or dents in the plastic. "Tool" could mean wooden stick
> or piece of plastic, whatever applies and is handy.
>
> - A few drives (I don't remember which brands) have/had a tab more
> difficult to see, that catches on the internal framework, not protruding
> though a slot in the metal outer casing. It's not really "hard" to see
> it, but you'd have to be looking or to notice the resistance to removal.
> Faceplates that are held on with screws are now rare if not extinct.
>
>
>