I had a 5 year old laptop with a cracked hinge and damage to the case. At 5 years it was not worth doing more than a last time repair so I dove into it and fashioned a metal splint to fix the hinge then wanted to make it "the last repair" that would be done on that area. The back cover was still removable after the repair so what was next?

I used a two-part epoxy to fill in and strengthen the area. A quick pass with a rasp then sanded it down to finish it off. The color was a little off so I used a garbage bag and painters tape to cover where I didn't want the spray paint to hit and put a coat of spray paint over it.

About a year later its new owner spilled a large drink into the keyboard and it was dead forever.