What shall we do with the broken console? – Part 2 ~ Preparation

Since the weather finally cooled down a bit, this weekend i was able to start the project of coloring my SNES. If you remember, i found out that my broken SNES console is magically working. But apparently the case is broken and ugly. So i started my own “casemod” project, while i first wanna start to paint the working plastic parts of the case, and in second step mod the rest of it. After everything was set up ready I first cleaned the SNES Mainboard a bit, tried getting of the most dirty parts of it with a special electronic cleaner.

To clean your electronic parts – like my SNES mainboard – you just simply spray the cleaner on the parts and wait some time. The dirt should easily run off itself. If that doesn’t happen repeat the procedure. In my case i used a piece of paper to remove the heavy dirt myself. Apparently not everything went off, i will try to clean it more when i start the next session. But for now it should last, since I wanted to start brushing a bit instead of cleaning all day ^-^.

What shall we do with the broken console?

There goes my freetime. No really, i have a deep intention in finishing my goal this time.
What i’m talking about?
I got this old Super Nintendo years ago which already got delivered half broken.
The Downside of the Case is totally broken while the upside just has this “Yellow” color change.
Basically the whole case is broken, but the SNES itself is working smooth. So why put it into trash anyways?!
Years ago i just wanted to paintbrush the upper case and do some Casemod with it, but somehow my Airbrush didnt work. Yeah it wasn’t really the most expensive brush and also the compressor was like 20 bux….but it didnt even spray a bit of color, the paint just got stuck into the brush.
My mistakes even with research were the following:
Cheap Brush Single Action, Cheap Compressor without extended tank and ofc the wrong color.
I just smashed everything (the brush set and the snes) into a box and never touched it again.
Somehow now i got this retro feeling i had to pick it up again.
I now ordered a Double Action paintbrush, which basically means there are two actions before the paint comes, first the air gets in then the paint comes out, and first the paint goess off then the air goes out, which makes the work more precise and you are able to regulize the pressure.
Also i ordered a compressor with an AirTank of 3 litre. This basically lets you have air in stock, so you dont run out of air quickly enough and ruin your painting. The basic rule seems to be having a constant level of pressure. So i hopefully get it going this time. Also i ordered paint by Schmincke, one very known brand for airbrush colors.
But the first task is to clean the hell out of that board. Its messy, dirty, dusty and full of some sorta glue. I ordered contact spray to prepare the cleaning for the board. It may all come this week, so i hope i can update the status of this project on sunday again ^-^.

I’m looking forward onto this project and hope i can show you things soon.

First of all: here is how it looks atm, fully working but naked ~