14 Aug 2012, 22:54

Logitech MX518 DSCF9527.JPG (121.11 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

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Logitech MX518 Primer DSCF9630.JPG (151.88 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

Logitech MX518 body painted DSCF9673.JPG (112.31 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

Logitech MX518 top painted DSCF9675.JPG (96.53 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

Logitech MX518 black side view DSCF9690.JPG (86.91 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

Logitech MX518 black side view DSCF9692.JPG (94.31 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

Logitech MX518 black top view DSCF9695.JPG (104.03 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

I've just painted my old Logitech MX518 completely black. I bougth the mouse in 2005 and used it till May 2012 on a daily basis.The mouse was technical functioning like the first day, but it started to look horrible: The black soft-painting on the side started to go off and the painted metal with the Logitech logo lost its painting:After disassembling the mouse I used some body filler (I don't know the exact English word, but it is normally used on cars if there's a big scratch or rust) to close the hole caused by the removed Logitech logo and removed the soft-painting with sandpaper:Then I painted it with primer and let it dry for a week:After that I applied two layers of black paint (Innotec Black BodyPaint). I waited one week to apply the second layer.In the end I put all parts together again:All in all the paint isn't that good as I would want it to be. Because it doesn't went that well especially on the edges where I didn't sanded assiduously. However I'm happy with the overall result.I'm currently thinking of replacing the usb-cable with a cloth-bonded one like most of todays mouses have. Where can I buy cables like that? Are they expensive?If anyone is interested in the disassembly process just let me know, as I took pictures of that as well.