Interior case painting

[Lumen]

I read the sticky up top but just want to get an idea how to go about interior painting (non mirror finish). Im thinking about doing a solid blue interior, to go with my silver case and black peripherals.:)

Thanks!!!

[RoadWarrior]

Empty case, tape over air holes, place open paint can inside case, replace panel, shake vigourously. :D

[Lumen]

Originally posted by RoadWarrior
Empty case, tape over air holes, place open paint can inside case, replace panel, shake vigourously. :D so its just the color? no clear coats?

[Lumen]

i just changed my mind, a black interior with blue uv dye would look so swank! omigoodness.:cool:

[Annoyingrob]

Lol, i gotta try that paint can in the case thing!

Seriously though, rip it down to the frame, and paint away. I used to run one of my old comps without a case cover, so I just painted the frame, it was really cool!


While we are on the subject, what color should I paint the inside of my new case (Red 1030 with red ccfl) I was kind of thinking a nice color like black, but that's too plain.



Edit: Clear coat may be a good idea, the interior isnt generally a high-traffic areea, one drive placed in wrong can put a biig scrape in your nice looking interior

[Lumen]

Originally posted by Annoyingrob
Lol, i gotta try that paint can in the case thing!

Seriously though, rip it down to the frame, and paint away. I used to run one of my old comps without a case cover, so I just painted the frame, it was really cool!


While we are on the subject, what color should I paint the inside of my new case (Red 1030 with red ccfl) I was kind of thinking a nice color like black, but that's too plain.



Edit: Clear coat may be a good idea, the interior isnt generally a high-traffic areea, one drive placed in wrong can put a biig scrape in your nice looking interior gold, orange, yellow, silver,white(:eh?: ).

[Annoyingrob]

Hmm, silver might be cool... But then again, it's already silver :D

[Lumen]

Originally posted by Annoyingrob
Edit: Clear coat may be a good idea, the interior isnt generally a high-traffic areea, one drive placed in wrong can put a biig scrape in your nice looking interior
exactly what im thinking. After all HARDware isnt exactly "soft"

[Annoyingrob]

I got a few battle scars, I never bothered with clearcoat. Id recommend it. I personally just cover the scratches with little toy aquatic animals :p Aaaah, a stingray swimming across my video card!

[Lumen]

Originally posted by Annoyingrob
Hmm, silver might be cool... But then again, it's already silver :D its not the same silver though, its more of a dull grey...

[Lumen]

Originally posted by Annoyingrob
I got a few battle scars, I never bothered with clearcoat. Id recommend it. I personally just cover the scratches with little toy aquatic animals :p Aaaah, a stingray swimming across my video card! You just gave me a really good idea for a prank. buahhahahahahhahahha:mad:

[Annoyingrob]

Gee, it's always good when I bring out the worst in people :p

[Lumen]

Originally posted by Annoyingrob
Gee, it's always good when I bring out the worst in people :p no its completely harmless, just a little pay back:cool:

[RoadWarrior]

Originally posted by Annoyingrob
Aaaah, a stingray swimming across my video card!
Humm, you got the same MSI GF3 packaging I have then? :D

I am trying to think of the name of this stuff I saw a good few years ago. It's like this liquid plastic, it's translucent, you were meant to dip things in it to coat them as a craft thing. I was just thinking, you could polish up the metal then apply that (Probably with a roller and leave surfaces flat to dry smooth) and it would look pretty cool.

Road Warrior

[RoadWarrior]

Oh, an antiqued copper look might look good on the right case, you can do that by rubbing the clean metal down with strong copper sulphate solution on a swab. I think.

Road Warrior

[Annoyingrob]

Actually, I have a little rubber stingray sitting on my actual video card. An ATI Mach64 2Mb!!!!! Lol, it was my old 400 ok?



EDIT: Oooh, a rust look, that sounds cool! I may just do that!