Painting a motherboard (including PCB)

nEAt · June 30, 2017

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask if there is a way to paint a motherboard and not just the DIMMs, PCIe, etc. but also the PCB itself.

I want to build a server using quad CPUs, so I will obviously need a quad CPU motherboard. The thing is, the machine is going to be sitting in a place where it will be visible most of the time and I wanted to know if there's any way I paint the motherboard so it doesn't look as ugly. It doesn't necessarily have to be a DIY solution, I'm willing to pay for this if the process requires the use of special machinery.

Please let me know if this kind of question does not belong here, or if you know any reason as to why this would be impossible to achieve.

Jurrunio · June 30, 2017

I strongly recommend you not to do it. It's just very risky

If you insist on doing so, you need to use paint that does not conduct electricity. Anything metallic shouldn't be used.

Zando_ · June 30, 2017

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I strongly recommend you not to do it. It's just very risky

If you insist on doing so, you need to use paint that does not conduct electricity. Anything metallic shouldn't be used.

Yeah, there's plenty that can go wrong, and I'm assuming a quad CPU mobo isn't very cheap? Just put it in a nice looking black case with no windows. That way you don't have to look at the mobo. Though I'd be more worried about how loud it is, not how it looks.

AndersT2 · June 30, 2017

It can be fixed another way to. Use a thin plexi plate, and cut it so it fits. It will be a lot of work, but then the plate can be painted any color you'd like.

nEAt · June 30, 2017

4 minutes ago, AndersT2 said:

It can be fixed another way to. Use a thin plexi plate, and cut it so it fits. It will be a lot of work, but then the plate can be painted any color you'd like.

Thank you. Since it's very risky like other people here mentiond, I'm probably going to use a similar solution to this. I will only paint it if I end up truly disliking the way plates look, I really don't want to lose a motherboard.