i am thinking of painting the inside of my case neon orange, has anyone ever did this, any tips? how hard is it?

Sand and prime first, i did sort of a paint job on a case once and went directly to color, at the slightest scrach the whole thing shows like horor.
So take your time, prime and lots of light coats with light sanding and drying time in between then clear coats

works best if you sandblast it first. after that, get an automotive base coat. put 3-4 coats on there, sanding with 600 grit between coats.

put 1-2 coats of automotive top coat on there, and do not sand between them.

after you are done completely painting, put 5-6 coats of clearcoat, without sanding.

after that, put some rubbing compound on there to give it a nice shine.

cool aiRman... they got sandblasters at uni... i'm starting a course in september... fantastic... i think i'll be down the metal shop a lot...

That paintjob sounds like a good idea.Orange or a nice Hot Rod style yellow would be killer.I was actually considering painting before I decided to try polishing.

I painted the insides of my case black without doing any priming/sanding. It wasnt really a MISTAKE, but it didnt turn out the way I wanted it to. As for sanding, you should go ahead and do it, it'll make everything worthwhile. All I did was several light coats with the black spraypaint, and it came out alright. BUT, I forgot to use a clear coat afterwards, so the paint chipped off in some places (Inside of the drive rails, inside of HD cage) but you cant really notice it. When I buy my new mobo, Im gonig to coat everything in black again, probably might use 2 whole cans, beecause I want it to be nice, even and ver deep black. Then, Imma use a nice clear coat, so it'll look really nice. Remember, just TAKE YOUR TIME, and everything will go smoothly.