Best way to color drive bezels?

[sodcha0s]

I have a black aluminum case on order, and want to color my CD ROM/burner and floppy bezels to match, or possibly a different color all together that would look good. What is the best way to do it? Paint or dye? I want the best possible finish that's within reason as far as cost.

 

[Demonicon]

Dip 'em in chocolate and throw 'em in the toaster. Use the "light" setting.

 

[Marrkks]

basically dye for plastic, paint for metal.

try doing a search-I know there are some good referance links some old threads.

 

[sodcha0s]

Thanks for the tip Marrkks.

 

[punkrawket]

there is a very well done article on dye at modthebox.com

linked here

 

[Grendel99]

How To. This shows you how to paint them to look silver.

 

[Howard]

That guide doesn't show you how to paint, it shows you how to cut. But I still recommend it.

 

[sodcha0s]

Yeah I've seen that guide on making covers for the drives out of spare slot covers, very interesting. It would look great, but will be time consuming. I may try it sometime, but for now I think I'm going to go with the dye technique. Now I just need to decide on a color.....

Thanks for the replies everyone, much appreciated!

 

[drx9175l]

The best place to search for vinyl dye is at auto part stores. I visited every one in my town before I found a charcoal gray color to match the Hammered paint I was using on the rest of the case. Looks pretty good I think. Here. Take the extra time to fully disassemble the CD-ROM drive and dye the tray. Well worth the time spent.