Does anyone have any hints on spray painting cases and Mb's
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Does anyone have any hints on spray painting cases and Mb's
cases: media blast to give the paint something to adhere to (scouring with scotch bright or steel wool will work.) Prime it based on the metal it is, and the paint that was on it (usualy its just powder coated or bear metal (aluminum)) paint with standard spray paint (that will bont to your primer, acrilic/oil/other dont mix well and it will peel). I tend to use that tremclad stuff it sticks to just about anything. If you want it all fancyed up use accrilic, take special care with this stuff in the preperation as it will not stick to most things on a PC.
Mother boards: thats a new one on me....
I could have sworn we had that discussion at some point, it was proved that it could be done
Yes, it can be done rather easily, though heat becomes a real issue. As long as the paint is nonconductive and you keep it from getting into any contact areas (memory slots, pci/agp, cpu socket, atx plug, ide/floppy, etc) it should work just fine. I wouldn't try this on a piece of hardware you like though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleetus
So I have to spray paint it with that stuff still all plugged in then?Quote:
Originally Posted by jaeger
its you stuff......
personaly i would trust my P75 to that.... strikes me as some of the propelants in normal spray pait may damage plastic/fiberglas bits... maby try acrilic paints?
I've often wondered what a good base coat of red copper hull paint do for a motherboard. Perhaps a 3-d photorealistic rendering of a jumping dolphin across the pci slots and the heatsink/fan. Does this have any potential or should I just stick to the basic gloss black?
No, you have to mask everything off perfectly. If you are looking at trying this, sacrifice some older kit on the Altar of Practice. I know there is some electrical insulating spray that is meant to help systems that do sub-zero cooling deal with condensation, and you'd probably want to start with a coat of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleetus
Oh yes indeed I do :D ... don't use green metallic paint !Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleetus
Took long enough :thumbs2:Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
HE HE HE that was a good one.... Was it ever found out if it was real?Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
It was a gag, turned out to be alter-ego of Ilovetheusers...Quote:
Originally Posted by DVader