Decoupaging peripherals and tower

[dfc]

Okay guys, my original plan was to paint my keyboard, mouse and tower with krylon and then decoupage the rest of my case, but I ran into a snag.

My keyboard came out pretty good, but my mouse came out horribly, the paint bled everywhere (through 2 coats of tape) and it's already peeling and such, so I was thinking of sanding them down and decoupaging them instead, I've talked to a few people and they say that the mouse and keys wouldn't work if i did, but I said on the keyboard there would be no decoupage around the keys I would cut them off at the edges.. But do you guys think this would make it not work?

Also my case is aluminum, would I need to sand it to get the decoupage to stick?

Thanks guys!

[zeLupin]

what exactly is decoupaging?? :huh:

Well aluminum cases all they really need is a sanding, a primer, and the color. The clear coat is optional but recommended.

for mice and keyboards try using vinyl dye. its great on plastics. i used it to paint my mouse and it came out great other than the thumb print on the side because of my impatience but its sanded and fixed now :)

remember to paint in thin coats. the VERY first time i painted that mouse it came out horrible because of the one thick coat of paint that started to drip everywhere. thin coats are always better too.

[dfc]

decoupage is basically a glue that you stick pictures on with... here is an example of a shoe box I decoupaged...

http://www.decemberfall.com/brandy/pics/DSC00105.JPG

[dworld]

well i would use the vinyle die proably works better

[dfc]

no paint... decoupage... 2 completely seperate things....

[spitfire9701]

not to be rude but you obviously know more about this then most of us. i am not speaking for everyone but from what has been posted you seem to kno wmore about this decoupaging


i would say if it is a glue i would sand the case then do it but i have no idea

[dworld]

yea u coudl be orginal and give it a try

[zeLupin]

if its a glue, most likely its gonna need a rough surface to stick on.

[linlin]

My mom used to decoupage pictures onto the backs of clear plates for decoration. Pretty neat stuff.

Cool and origional idea.

[dfc]

I had read on here somewhere of someone else doing it, that's why I was asking... I thought maybe they would have some pointers, I guess i'll just have to find out on my own :) I'll tell you guys how it turns out....