Paint recommendation for painting Asus TUF GT501 White

[Hamza Ensar]

Have a nice day. What type of paint should I use to paint my case?

[Didrik]

For the best result. Sand, wash, dry, primer, the paint you want, and if you want to be fancy a clearcoat.

or the easiest way, you can just spray over with new paint.

[Hamza Ensar]

4 minutes ago, Didrik said:

For the best result. Sand, wash, dry, primer, the paint you want, and if you want to be fancy a clearcoat.

or the easiest way, you can just spray over with new paint.

So what type of paint should I use?

[Didrik]

Just now, Hamza Ensar said:

So what type of paint should I use?

Just spray. and do more light coats.

[Hamza Ensar]

3 minutes ago, Didrik said:

Just spray. and do more light coats.

I guess I explained it wrong Use spray paint that is suitable for metal surfaces.

[HM-2]

> Sand back the original finish

> Self etching metal primer

> You can use a wide range of paints, I've had pretty good luck with automotive spray paint and lacquer on aluminium and steel cases before.

[Hamza Ensar]

20 hours ago, HM-2 said:

> Sand back the original finish

> Self etching metal primer

> You can use a wide range of paints, I've had pretty good luck with automotive spray paint and lacquer on aluminium and steel cases before.

 

What if I use a suitable primer for metal surfaces?

[HM-2]

With a decent primer most stuff including off the shelf acrylic like Rustoleum or Plastikote will stick.

 

I tend to prefer the automotive paints on metal because you get a richer, more reflective finish but of the readily available stuff I have to say that Plastikote is my favourite. The Multi-Surface adheres well to primed metal and can produce a very smooth finish, though I've only ever used it in matte.

[Hamza Ensar]

15 hours ago, HM-2 said:

With a decent primer most stuff including off the shelf acrylic like Rustoleum or Plastikote will stick.

 

I tend to prefer the automotive paints on metal because you get a richer, more reflective finish but of the readily available stuff I have to say that Plastikote is my favourite. The Multi-Surface adheres well to primed metal and can produce a very smooth finish, though I've only ever used it in matte.

 

How do you think the plastidip dye would be? I mean removable paint.

[HM-2]

I'm not much of a fan of Plastidip. IME it doesn't wear very well and in order to get really good adhesion you need to do like 70% of the same prep as proper paint anyway.