curly haired boy

bookmarked! this is a wonderful guide.

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Lambent Darkness 7

Hi everyone,

I updated this guide, with fresh info and more techniques, also a few pictures for illustration purposes. I have been seeing more and more questions of painting, so I felt the need to and tweak this to the needs of the community here. I hope new members and old find the new revision info helpful.

everyone and happy modding.

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CattleRustler

A great guide just got better

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coffeejunky

Nice guide mate. Definately a great starting point for anyone wanting to paint their case

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NoodleGTS

+ rep dude. nice guide. Already started work on one for my gf.

Quick question. Her case has metal sides and a plastic front piece (CM Elite 335). I sanded down the paint on the metal and its just down to bare metal now. What do I do with the plastic parts? Do I need to sand them too or can I just prime and paint directly? The plastic is black the whole way through but I'm not sure if the primer will stick. Can I do a light surface sand and then prime?

Thanks again for your great guide.

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Lambent Darkness 7

Thanks very much Guys , Im glad you had time to check out the revision, and give me your feedback.

Thank you Noodle ! Im glad it helped you.

Here is the procedure for the plastic parts . its not as time consuming as it seems, you'll be done in no time with the prep. it is much easier to do plastic than metal cause there is less prep and a smoother surface. Alos there are a numerous plastic scuff/cleaning paste's . You dont have to go crazy on the sanding of the primer if ya dont want to just make sure you do a good job with the cleaning aspect, the solvent clean and the scuffing part cause that's the most important.

3) Plastic parts - Here is the general procedure in the auto paint industry. For all the plastic, You clean it first with SEM Plastic/Leather Prep several times and then you wash it with warm water and scuff it with plastic cleaning paste using a gray Scothbrite™. I used SEM Scuff and Clean for the paste. Rinse it off and make sure it does not dry on the surface. You repeat the steps until it is dull and no water beads up on the surface. It is crucial to clean the surface to get good adhesion. You need to use care when sanding or scuffing plastic parts. There is a possibility the plastic parts might be damaged during the scuffing/sanding process.To prepare the surface and make the primer stick you can use an Adhesion Promoter and use one coat, you dont sand it at all and you apply it it right after cleaning a couple mintues afterward. you allow the adhesion promoter to dry for 25 min. You then applied the high build primer/surfacer allowed a 5 min flash time between coats and used two coats. Allow the primer to dry for 1 ½ hours, then sand it with 400 grit to start with and finished it with 600 grit to make it smooth. Or just stop at 400 grit for a decent good finsh.

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Swiftes

Awesome guide, you have got a nice finish on that! Rep+

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Lambent Darkness 7

Thanks mate. Glad you find it helpful.

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Altimax98

I painted the inside of my thermaltake armor case and used a semi-flat paint for a cool look. One question I had is do i have to do anything for the motherboard support pegs? Is there going to be any problem with the paint.

I know its a dumb question but i figured I ask it.