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Case Fan Painting

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I want to paint my case fans. They are not detachable so I need a method to paint the blades a different color. The fans are black and I want to paint the fan blades either blue or red and leave the outside frame black. I'm looking for a professional semi-gloss look so I need an excellent tutorial. Thanks in advance.
 
1: take a case fan to the store with you.
2: Buy
-Black rubber O-ring that will fit in the crack between the fan blade hub, and the housing (both length and thickness)
-Painters tape
-Plastic Primer
-Any kind of paint you want, personally, I think the Valspar gloss looks good, but try an automotive store if you can't find what you want
-Something to stick into the screw holes (dowel rods, bolts, etc), just make sure that when they are all the way through, that they're like an inch or two off the ground.

3: Cut O-ring and jam it into the gap between fan hub and housing.
4: Stick pegs/dowels/dildos into screw holes
5: Spray Primer (2 or 3 coats probably)
6: Let dry by propping the fan on the rods. This way the paint won't pool or get stuck or look shitty. (overnight?? read primer can for instructions). You could also hang them with wire clothes hangers or something)
7: Tape off fan blades and hub
8: Paint (3-5 coats)
9: Dry
10: ???
11: Profit
 
There is a guy on bit-tech that repainted his fans (along with a few other changes) that actually cut the mounts of when he painted his and made his own rear bracket and reattached the fan to it. the end result turned out good, but this guy could probably make building your own space shuttle look easy. :eek:

Link to his current project here :
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=182706
The part where he made the fan mount is near the bottom of the 1st page.

I'd like to try it myself, just to see if I could, but the masking method above may be a bit easier... but you wouldn't have to worry about the paint not being even from trying to paint around stuff.
 
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