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Step 11Clean the Monitor
If you would like to paint the monitor, you will first need to clean it. Mind you, you will probably want to clean it anyways...
To Clean for Painting you will need:
Soap & water or regular surface cleaner. Goo Gone, for the sticky stuff, that somehow is on every second hand monitor I've found. Paint thinner to prep for some of the plastic paints. Rags.
Clean with the Goo Gone first, and get all the sticky tape, and sticker residue off the monitor.
Then for any dirt and dust, I use plain old soap and water, or surface cleaner.
Finally I wipe it all down with a little paint thinner.
(check the paint can you're using for any additional hints & tips)
Masking Off
Some parts of the monitor I don't want to paint. I usually like keeping the monitor info intact, and sometimes other little areas. So use the painters masking tape to cover that up. And if you plan on just spray painting the outside of the monitor, tape up the vent holes on the back, and the top from the inside, so the spray paint doesn't float in.
To Clean for Painting you will need:
Soap & water or regular surface cleaner. Goo Gone, for the sticky stuff, that somehow is on every second hand monitor I've found. Paint thinner to prep for some of the plastic paints. Rags.
Clean with the Goo Gone first, and get all the sticky tape, and sticker residue off the monitor.
Then for any dirt and dust, I use plain old soap and water, or surface cleaner.
Finally I wipe it all down with a little paint thinner.
(check the paint can you're using for any additional hints & tips)
Masking Off
Some parts of the monitor I don't want to paint. I usually like keeping the monitor info intact, and sometimes other little areas. So use the painters masking tape to cover that up. And if you plan on just spray painting the outside of the monitor, tape up the vent holes on the back, and the top from the inside, so the spray paint doesn't float in.
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