Advice on painting plastic parts of Zalman Z9 Neo?

[NinjaSandvich]

Right now, I have a black Zalman Z9 Neo case and am looking to paint the plastic parts, as the colour difference between the plastic and metal parts annoys me.

I want to paint the top panel and the front panel, not the door on the front panel, white - to match the fans in my PC.

I have never done anything like this before, and just need some advice on painting.

 

What kind of paint should I use?

How many coats should I apply?

How much paint will I need?

Do I need to sand the plastic then apply primer?

 

Answers to these questions, and any another advice you have, would be greatly appreciated

[8-Bit Ninja]

3 minutes ago, NinjaSandvich said:

Right now, I have a black Zalman Z9 Neo case and am looking to paint the plastic parts, as the colour difference between the plastic and metal parts annoys me.

I want to paint the top panel and the front panel, not the door on the front panel, white - to match the fans in my PC.

I have never done anything like this before, and just need some advice on painting.

 

What kind of paint should I use?

How many coats should I apply?

How much paint will I need?

Do I need to sand the plastic then apply primer?

 

Answers to these questions, and any another advice you have, would be greatly appreciated

Plasti dip for a quick and easy job, that is also removable, and if you want a proper good looking paint job this video by Linus will help alot: 

 

[Salacious B Crum]

You must clean the parts to remove the residual mold release that is always present if the parts are flat hit them with scotchbrite not sand paper if they are intricate you should hit them with adhesion promoter I only use waterbased/waterbourne acrylic in my airbrushes Createx has 2 lines to consider Wicked and autoair both will do just fine 1oz bottles will go way more than you will need base coat top coat should be applied if using neon or bright go with a white base coat primer

 

Edited: Sounds weird but look for youtube video's for painting crank baits as the principle and the plastic are the same and you can gain a lot of knowledge with paint layering!

[NinjaSandvich]

4 minutes ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

Plasti dip for a quick and easy job, that is also removable, and if you want a proper good looking paint job this video by Linus will help alot: 

 

Thanks, I remember seeing this but had forgotten about it

1 minute ago, mrbilky said:

You must clean the parts to remove the residual mold release that is always present if the parts are flat hit them with scotchbrite not sand paper if they are intricate you should hit them with adhesion promoter I only use waterbased/waterbourne acrylic in my airbrushes Createx has 2 lines to consider Wicked and autoair both will do just fine 1oz bottles will go way more than you will need base coat top coat should be applied if using neon or bright go with a white base coat primer

So to paint them white I should go with white primer too?

[Salacious B Crum]

Yep that'll do ya the plastic dip is an option but if you want that glossy wet look you can't go wrong with paint. And if your really anal (like me sometimes) you can top coat with thinned devcon 2 ton epoxy but you will need a turner for that it will look like it's made of glass!

[NinjaSandvich]

3 minutes ago, mrbilky said:

Yep that'll do ya the plastic dip is an option but if you want that glossy wet look you can't go wrong with paint. And if your really anal (like me sometimes) you can top coat with thinned devcon 2 ton epoxy but you will need a turner for that it will look like it's made of glass!

Ok thanks, however I think I'll keep this simple as it is my first time. plastidip is probably better for me

[Salacious B Crum]

I agree and the removable part is nice for learning no permanent harm if it doesn't turn out the way you want, I'm already heavily invested in airbrush equipment so I always push that option.

[W-L]

6 hours ago, NinjaSandvich said:

Right now, I have a black Zalman Z9 Neo case and am looking to paint the plastic parts, as the colour difference between the plastic and metal parts annoys me.

I want to paint the top panel and the front panel, not the door on the front panel, white - to match the fans in my PC.

I have never done anything like this before, and just need some advice on painting.

 

What kind of paint should I use?

How many coats should I apply?

How much paint will I need?

Do I need to sand the plastic then apply primer?

 

Answers to these questions, and any another advice you have, would be greatly appreciated

Here I have a guide that goes over all of this under General Painting which will answer most of those questions.