Who has painted their case?

[DARRIN]

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Is it the template that you can mail? If so shoot it to me. Address in profile.
Thanks,
Darrin

 

[Electric Amish]

I don't recall the brand name off-hand.

All 3 (primer/color/clear) were the same brand, although the primer is a couple of years old.

amish

 

[DARRIN]

Need4Speed - What brand primer and paint did you use?

I saw that AMDman used Krylon.

 

[LarryJoe]

Darrin - MaxPC has an excellent &quot;how to&quot; on this a few months back. It was a very interesting read and covered everything from metal to plastic to brand names and costs. I was I saved the issue as I would send it to you. I do know they used Dupont car paint and clear coat.

LJ

 

[DARRIN]

Hey Joe. Haven't seen you in here in a while. I got that issue from a friend today. I'm going to give it a read over tonight. I didn't really like the color they used but they did do a great job.

 

[Need4Speed]

i used automotive paint...arcylic lacquer... and a quality airbrush

for those that can't decide on lacquer or enamal:

&quot;Acrylic enamel paints, especially urethanes, require addition of a catalyst, which chemically hardens the paint in much the same way that adding catalyst to fiberglass resin causes the resin to harden. Acrylic lacquer needs only a thinner to reduce its viscosity before being sprayed and requires only air drying.

Paint type is a matter of personal choice. Lacquer generally requires more time to apply ? 8 to 24 coats ? but is more forgiving in terms of application skill. It is also somewhat easier to repair runs and sags as well as spot-repair of later damage. Catalyzed acrylic enamel and urethanes are extremely durable ? more so than acrylic lacquer. Their fumes are highly toxic, so respirators and other safety gear must be worn when working with these products.&quot;

 

[Hellblast]

I wouldn't do a monitor since chances are you're going to get spray in the ventilation holes. When you cover up the top of the 'puter it's apt to look funny.

Hellblast

 

[BlackWob]

I've never painted a case but I have painted a few local cars. Nothing special, just extremely bright blues/oranges/reds.

I used paint from this company:
http://www.semproducts.com/

Process:
Removed all emblems/stickers. Sanded very carefully with an orbital sander the whole car down. Took a long time to get it sanded to bare metal. Tape/paper off wheel wells and windows. Primed in two applications. Make sure to paint in a ventilated area but don't get paint on your driveway/etc. I used a rented-out storage shed. After two apps of primer, we did 3 apps of color, with light sanding inbetween [~800grit paper]. Then we did about 4 or 5 layers of clearcoat, ~1200grit paper inbetween each one of these for shine. Then we waxed with professional wax. Turned out pretty good. Took a long time to complete it though. All the sanding and four hours time between each coat is what we took.

Hope this helps. This is all the steps for a car, I'm not sure about how to go about painting over plastic however.