A simple tutorial for turning your scratched and dented laptop into a fun and unique statement!
Supplies: Wood-Grain Contact paper (found at most dollar stores), x-acto knife, scissors, tracing paper.
So, to start, go ahead and power off your laptop and take out the battery so you're free to work on it without any worries. If you have all sorts of junk on yours, like I had on mine, you can scrape it off and use a little adhesive remover to get it nice and clean again.
Supplies: Wood-Grain Contact paper (found at most dollar stores), x-acto knife, scissors, tracing paper.
So, to start, go ahead and power off your laptop and take out the battery so you're free to work on it without any worries. If you have all sorts of junk on yours, like I had on mine, you can scrape it off and use a little adhesive remover to get it nice and clean again.
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Now, unroll your contact paper, and lay your computer on top with the grain going whichever way you want, then cut around it, leaving a large border on all sides (you'll trim it down later).
Now, you can decide what you'd like to do about the logo on your cover. I decided I wanted mine to outline it, so I used a piece of tracing paper to trace the outline, then laid it over the contact paper in the middle, and cut out using a x-acto knife (I used a little piece of tape to keep it in place while I cut it out). You could also just cut a large round window for it and use a bottle cap or anything that's nice and round.
Now, you can decide what you'd like to do about the logo on your cover. I decided I wanted mine to outline it, so I used a piece of tracing paper to trace the outline, then laid it over the contact paper in the middle, and cut out using a x-acto knife (I used a little piece of tape to keep it in place while I cut it out). You could also just cut a large round window for it and use a bottle cap or anything that's nice and round.
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I have never used that type of contact paper, but without knowing what it is made from I can pretty much guarantee that the "paper" itself, as well as the adhesive, are going to have poor thermal conductivity and will therefore lead to your computer running hotter than it did before. As nice as the idea is (I like the wood grain look) it is not going to be very good for your computer's health:
Decreased heat dissipation ==> Increased operating temperature ==> increased electrical resistivity ==> slower operating speeds, even higher operating temps, and increased risk of component damage.
On the other hand, if you have a black or white plastic-shell laptop with a beat-up exterior, this is a good idea to make it look nicer.
This stuff should be scratch resistant right?