OverclockersClub Forums > Finished Painting Chassis

HoLoDreaM

Oct 12 2005, 07:19 PM

I finished up painting the inside of my case today, i used a Krylon gray primer, Krylon Ultra Flat Black and a Rustoleum Gloss Crystal Clear Enamel... some parts were sooo perfect.... like a new car type of paint job... and some other minor parts were a bit "sandy" kuz i couldn't get the can in their positioned good so i had to hold it farther away, and because of that.... it dries in mid air and collects and forms a sandy texture to it... everything was PERFECT until the clearcoat... clearcoat enamel is much runnier, and harder to paint, in general. It's harder to tell where you have and haven't gotten...

But here are the finished results..

http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010004.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010009.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010011.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010016.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010018.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010021.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010023.JPG

hardnrg

Oct 12 2005, 07:22 PM

pretty cool... i take it this is your first paint job (only cos you mention overspray and the difficulty with clearcoat)...

much better than my first paintjob!

sounds like you learnt from this time too

HoLoDreaM

Oct 12 2005, 07:27 PM

yeah, my first one.. the few spots were it barely ran and got kinda sandy, i can live with it... I had to get started on a paper, so i needed to get it done pretty quick!

Hyper Threaded

Oct 12 2005, 09:58 PM

That's pretty good for a first time at it.

Gir

Oct 12 2005, 10:01 PM

love the black inside

Ste

Oct 12 2005, 10:03 PM

Its about as black as a black hole, how long did it take ya? start to finish?

HoLoDreaM

Oct 13 2005, 03:06 AM

few hours actually.. i was helping my friend fix his car in between coats, so it set me back a bit.. im guessing maybe 4 hours i spent outside, preparing, cleaning, drying, slight sanding, priming, painting, and clearcoat

DECwakeboarder

Oct 13 2005, 03:41 AM

Looks great Holo, I think I'm going to paint mine sometime soon.

HoLoDreaM

Oct 13 2005, 06:58 AM

ive got some primer pics and black coat before clearcoat pics on another camera.. ill post some up soon..

thanks everyone... ive always wanted to do it, finally pushed myself to do it... the worst thing is disassembling and "especially" assembling everything back... re-doing your wires....

*UPDATED* Case Gallery

Dr_Frankenstein

Oct 13 2005, 09:28 AM

i am just about to paint the inside of my test mod case black i hate the silver look inside cases

by the way good job look really good

weldzilla

Oct 13 2005, 04:47 PM

Hey that came out pretty darn good. Now you have done it and see that it is not too bad. I know it sucks when you are doing this stuff and getting distracted by other stuff at the same time. Something to consider in the future. All those usb wires and audio cables that run across the bottom of your case. Paint them to match your case. Then they will hardly be noticed. Really you did a great job first time out!!

WZ

Miami Dave

Oct 13 2005, 05:07 PM

QUOTE(HoLoDreaM @ Oct 12 2005, 09:19 PM)

I finished up painting the inside of my case today, i used a Krylon gray primer, Krylon Ultra Flat Black and a Rustoleum Gloss Crystal Clear Enamel... some parts were sooo perfect.... like a new car type of paint job... and some other minor parts were a bit "sandy" kuz i couldn't get the can in their positioned good so i had to hold it farther away, and because of that.... it dries in mid air and collects and forms a sandy texture to it... everything was PERFECT until the clearcoat... clearcoat enamel is much runnier, and harder to paint, in general. It's harder to tell where you have and haven't gotten...

But here are the finished results..

http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010004.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010009.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010011.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010016.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010018.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010021.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~sentinel00/01010023.JPG
[right][snapback]559435[/snapback][/right]

If you want to get rid of the sand paper texture wet sand and buff with rubbing compound.

HoLoDreaM

Oct 13 2005, 06:04 PM

eh.. but id probably have to redo the whole paint and everything

Psychotic_god

Oct 14 2005, 07:18 PM

WOW.... Nice job

. I love it. Its back in black.