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****Need suggestions on paint*****.....

KnishofDeath

KnishofDeath

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so friday I ordered the first parts for my case. I ordered my case and PSU its going to be about a month long project because I dont have a ton of extra money. only about 200 week, and all my parts added up are gonna be about 1200. Also I dont even know what mobo im getting yet because im hoping to get a SLI mobo but there isnt many out yet so im being cautious. Anyways so im going to have this case for about a month so I want to have it all modded in the meantime. I would like to paint the inside of the case and im having trouble
figuring out a color that would go well with it. also which brand of paint is best for this application?
Well here is the case silver Lian Li PC- 65 should be here monday or tuesday.
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As to what colour you would like to paint it, that is a matter of personal preference, but black always looks good. Any car acrylic paint would work well to paint it, but for removeable parts, I suggest you 'bake them'. This would need some high temp paint, the kind they use on engines, and you need to cook the paint, but when its finished it gives a very high strength finish.
 
You don't need "High" bake paint, but paint that will cure and adhere to the material you are putting it on. Just find paint that will cure (it might still have to be bake but at 150-200 F degress) but you should be able to find paint that will "Air Dry" just fine. In case you wonder I work for a Paint Manufactorer that supplies paint to the Auto Industry (Interior/Exterior).
 
ShaolinDragon said:
As to what colour you would like to paint it, that is a matter of personal preference, but black always looks good. Any car acrylic paint would work well to paint it, but for removeable parts, I suggest you 'bake them'. This would need some high temp paint, the kind they use on engines, and you need to cook the paint, but when its finished it gives a very high strength finish.
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Ditto all that. Plus I am adding....it is not nice to leech bandwidth from Newegg. Save the pics and host them yourself using imageshack.us

Also, Dupli-color makes a nice range of sprays.
 
Whatever color or brand (I perfer duplicolor paints) you decide to go with, make sure you are painting your case in a clean environment. I painted a case in my garage once (I dont have access to anything cleaner than that), and used high gloss paint. You could see every single speck of dust that was imbedded in the paint. Also throughly clean the surface before painting it, you would be best off using alchol and dustless cloths (also avalible from duplicolor).

Just my 2 cents.
Good Luck, dont forget to post pics when you are done :)
 
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