If you are going to paint up you C64 you might want to do it before the other mods. Once the extra knobs, button, and strap are installed it'll be a lot harder to paint (trust me, I know this from experience).



Before disassembly, remember these things: Don't lose your screws, keep something handy to put them in. And always check that you are static free before handling circuitry, Simply touch something grounded once in a while while working.



First, we need to disassemble the c64. Not as hard as it sounds. On the bottom towards the front are three screws. Undoing these and carefully turn it right side up again.



Now you can open the C64, it pivots open like the hood of a car, with the clips at the back working sort of like hinges. Be careful as you do this since the top of the machine and the bottom are still connected by some wires. On the left is a ribbon cable that connects the motherboard to the keyboard. Take note of it's orientation and carefully remove it. Do the same with the small wire on the right that connects the power light to the mother board.



Now remove the screws holding in the mother board and remove it. Then remove the keyboard from the top half of the case. Note that there are a lot of little screws in the keyboard and a few medium sized ones around the edges, you only need to remove the medium screws to get the keyboard out.



So now you have the two halves of the case separate from all the electronics. Next put some masking tape over the c64 logo and the power light and power logo. Make sure that the tape is down real good and cut away excess tape with a sharp hobby knife or razor blade.



Now you may paint it however you want. I used a red krylon spray paint made for plastics for my base but I think other paints should stick to this plastic. I then masked off a racing strike and painted that with white primer.