Painting a case?! What do i need?

[Lima123]

What type of spray paint do i need and apparently i need some sort of alcohol? I don't know...

Any help is lovely

Thanks 

~Liam

[ttam]

What type of spray paint do i need and apparently i need some sort of alcohol? I don't know...

Any help is lovely

Thanks 

~Liam

I use 600 grit sand paper and an air compressor to blow it off. Alcohol is just a metal prep, kinda cleans gunk off. Then it's plasti dip or paint for metal.

[Trik'Stari]

Well, my advice would be to sand the case starting with low grit sandpaper and moving up to ultra high grit (2000+) and then paint with automotive paint, if it's a metal case. If it's plastic I'm not sure what you would want to use.

 

I use 600 grit sand paper and an air compressor to blow it off. Alcohol is just a metal prep, kinda cleans gunk off. Then it's plasti dip or paint for metal.

 

600? Maybe to begin with

[Lima123]

Well, my advice would be to sand the case starting with low grit sandpaper and moving up to ultra high grit (2000+) and then paint with automotive paint, if it's a metal case. If it's plastic I'm not sure what you would want to use.

 

 

600? Maybe to begin with

I'm getting a Fractal Design Core 1000, What do you mean by 2000+ and low grit, I thought sand paper was just sand paper?

[Lima123]

I use 600 grit sand paper and an air compressor to blow it off. Alcohol is just a metal prep, kinda cleans gunk off. Then it's plasti dip or paint for metal.

So plasti dip spray for painting Plastic cases correct

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[Trik'Stari]

I'm getting a Fractal Design Core 1000, What do you mean by 2000+ and low grit, I thought sand paper was just sand paper?

Oh no. There are differences in how coarse or fine the grit on the paper is. You generally want to sand metal starting with something like 60 grit to remove the old paint and expose bare metal, then slowly work your way up to about 2000 grit, if you want a professional looking finish like on a car. You could just go up to 600 grit, but I don't think it looks as good.

 

The usual process for metal is

1. Remove old paint

2. sand the hell out of it several times

3. clean with de-greaser

4. blow dry

5. primer

6. re-sand lightly with highest grit sand paper

7. blow off with air gun

8. final paint.

 

At least that's how I've always painted metal, it takes a while but that's how you get a good paint job on metal, skipping steps and rushing it increases the likelihood of pealing and whatnot. You want to get a good strong molecular bond between the paint and the metal.

[zuboici]

Grab an old case and do your first attempt on that. The more times you do the job start to finish the better you'll understand how to get better results next time. Everyone who has objectively good results with painting cases has done several.

 

Someone with experience please contradict me if you honestly can...