Painting your case - what do you use?

[KDOG]

I don't know if I want to paint mine the "stereo black" or some funky color. I thought about blue, but I'm not sure. Anyway, what kind of pain do you use? I thought about making a "smoke" colored piece of plexiglass to go over the drive bays. But I'd have to find tiny hinges for it. As yo can tell from all my posts, I'm looking into doing up my case...

 

[Colt45]

Laquer would probably work the best IMO

it dries very fast, and you can do lots of light coats..

do a few light coats of whatever color and then a few coats of clearcoat laquer.
do some really light sanding between coats, not neccessary, but it usually helps.
(like 600-900grit, real fine)

 

[ElFenix]

i've seen people use krylon automotive paint before. hi lo has it.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Do like 3dcool does: autopaint!
Would also look the best and last the longest.

 

[punkrawket]

some modding sites sell kits of car paint (spray).....

i'm considering it.... i'm thinking blue

 

[JackBurton]

Dude, Krylon spray paint freakin' rocks! I painted my case AND drives with it and it looks PRO. And I'm VERY picky about the results.

I used Krylon semi-flat black paint.

You can check out their different colors here.

 

[Wuzup101]

Dude...you will get the best results on metal if you use auto paint. My favorite brand (from when I use to do metal models way back in the day with my airbrush) is House of Kolor...but it's a little hard to find and pertty expensive. Krylon and Rustolum (sp?) are great right out of the spray can. Apply multiple light coats for a good finish. You really shouldn't have to sand that much if at all for this kind of application...unless you #$@# up! Anyway when you paint make a big clear area that you can get spray on and then start spraying away from the part...sweep the spray path across the part....then stop spraying off the paint. This way you won't get any pools and will get a nice smooth finish that is even everywhere.

 

[jcmkk]

On the plastic parts, if you have any, use Plasticote Vinyl paint. That stuff is amazing.