Hey all, thought i would share with you guys my little project i did to restore my old rx200 that wasn't being used back to it's former glory. This took place over Sunday & Monday. The total cost was less than R300 and I'm pretty happy with how it came. Not too bad for a first try. See the progress in the pics below:
Original: paint scuffed and scratched
Started by sanding down the battery door and face plate with 320grit sand paper. Moved onto the body after desoldering the board from the sled & removing all of the insides.
Monday morning i started with paint after cleaning all parts. Started with 3 light coats of white primer to make sure all parts were covered evenly. I only used the tuppaware for the drying time of the door and plate as i was leaving this outside and didn't want any kak to get stuck to it
Following the primer, i went in with 2 or 3 layers of colour depending on how it looked. While i was painting the gold a bit of wind blew some onto the black body that was hanging from the washing line creating a gold splatter which i really liked so ended up exaggerating that a bit more. Remember to give about 30-40mins between coats depending on the paint you are using.
after I was happy with the way the paint came out I used a matte clear lacquer to seal it. Used 2 coats (hopefully will be enough)
Finally after all the painting and waiting i could finally put this bad boy together. Unfortunately didn't get any pics of the soldering process, It was a little tricky as i couldn't find my solder and had to use what was left on the board. Luckily I managed to get everything back on but would definitely feel better going back into it and resoldering everything down with more solder. I had a little scrape happening when putting the door back on but i still think it looks a million times better than it did and am super happy with the way it came out. Changed the screen colour with clear plastic wrapping paper to and orange/yellowish to match the mod.
Below are pics of the finished product.
Original: paint scuffed and scratched
Started by sanding down the battery door and face plate with 320grit sand paper. Moved onto the body after desoldering the board from the sled & removing all of the insides.
Monday morning i started with paint after cleaning all parts. Started with 3 light coats of white primer to make sure all parts were covered evenly. I only used the tuppaware for the drying time of the door and plate as i was leaving this outside and didn't want any kak to get stuck to it
Following the primer, i went in with 2 or 3 layers of colour depending on how it looked. While i was painting the gold a bit of wind blew some onto the black body that was hanging from the washing line creating a gold splatter which i really liked so ended up exaggerating that a bit more. Remember to give about 30-40mins between coats depending on the paint you are using.
after I was happy with the way the paint came out I used a matte clear lacquer to seal it. Used 2 coats (hopefully will be enough)
Finally after all the painting and waiting i could finally put this bad boy together. Unfortunately didn't get any pics of the soldering process, It was a little tricky as i couldn't find my solder and had to use what was left on the board. Luckily I managed to get everything back on but would definitely feel better going back into it and resoldering everything down with more solder. I had a little scrape happening when putting the door back on but i still think it looks a million times better than it did and am super happy with the way it came out. Changed the screen colour with clear plastic wrapping paper to and orange/yellowish to match the mod.
Below are pics of the finished product.
The gold x black looks Epic!
