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So,,, I got an evag gtx 980 sc. I want my build to look as nice as it can. So I came here to ask this. Would it be completely safe to paint my cards aluminium shroud with black plasti dip. It would be greatly appreciated to leave your thoughts :D

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It's completely safe, I would not see why not. Just remove them first.

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would look shiny!

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would look shiny!

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Plasti-dip is matte finish, so it wouldn't unless you use the glossifier.

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Plasti-dip is matte finish, so it wouldn't unless you use the glossifier.

oh yeah whoops, I bought the glossy ones!

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it will look great and be safe

 

So,,, I got an evag gtx 980 sc. I want my build to look as nice as it can. So I came here to ask this. Would it be completely safe to paint my cards aluminium shroud with black plasti dip. It would be greatly appreciated to leave your thoughts :D

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I wouldn't have the balls to do that. Would love to see it when its done though.

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I did it with my 780 Ti.  Plasti-dip works fine, although with the aerosol cans it left a bit of a "bubbliness" rather than a perfectly smooth finish on some parts.  I probably will re-plasti-dip it in the future without using the aerosol but I haven't gotten around to it.  Make sure you use the right size drivers when you diassemble it, hex screws strip pretty easily especially if you use a size slightly too small.  I replaced all mine with Torx screws since I had multiple ones strip too much to consider re-using.

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it will look great and be safe

 

 

It's completely safe, I would not see why not. Just remove them first.

Appreciate it a lot guys! Psyched to do this. I'll post the final product soon. And just another question, if I wanted to make the green leds red I would have to sandpaper the green off and paint it red? I am assuming it will not retain the led glow but it will go with my build better.

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Appreciate it a lot guys! Psyched to do this. I'll post the final product soon. And just another question, if I wanted to make the green leds red I would have to sandpaper the green off and paint it red? I am assuming it will not retain the led glow but it will go with my build better.

great also you can probably put a bunch of red filters over it 

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Appreciate it a lot guys! Psyched to do this. I'll post the final product soon. And just another question, if I wanted to make the green leds red I would have to sandpaper the green off and paint it red? I am assuming it will not retain the led glow but it will go with my build better.

Sanding the green off will make it glow white, in which you could experiment with certain amounts of Plasti-dip to achieve a red glow or try some of this (though it is not easily removed)

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Appreciate it a lot guys! Psyched to do this. I'll post the final product soon. And just another question, if I wanted to make the green leds red I would have to sandpaper the green off and paint it red? I am assuming it will not retain the led glow but it will go with my build better.

 

You can sand off the green to make the logo clear, but normal paint will block the light.  You would need to dye it somehow to make it red, not paint it.

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Sanding the green off will make it glow white, in which you could experiment with certain amounts of Plasti-dip to achieve a red glow or try some of this (though it is not easily removed)

 

 

You can sand off the green to make the logo clear, but normal paint will block the light.  You would need to dye it somehow to make it red, not paint it.

Hmm, I will probably just paint it over like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCclKJQGPKs Just to be safe. 

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