Case Painting

[silent54]

I have a HAF X case and looking to paint areas of it soon. Haven't painted a case yet and the metal areas are straight forward in painting but haven't come across anything on painting the plastic areas of a case. Am I to assume all that is required for painting these plastic areas is just to remove any dust, dirt and such then paint as needed or is it more involved? Thanks

 

[popatim]

If you're not using a paint thats for plastic then use a plastic primier first. Any areas that would felx would need a flex additive naturally but i dont see that being needed on a pc case. LoL

 

[silent54]

That's what I thought. Just wanted to make sure. The plastic areas are hard plastic. Thanks

 

[cadder]

You never can tell when painting plastic, depending on the paint and the plastic material. I would recommend testing the paint on a small area of the plastic first. If the plastic is a shiny plastic then you might need to rough up the surface a bit with some sandpaper first. "Rough up" is not a good description though, you could use a relatively fine grit sandpaper and just take the shiny surface off of the plastic, then paint it.

 

[silent54]

Well, I think the amount of plastic I actually paint is less now but thanks for the responses. However, I have another question. The only selection that I'm looking at painting that's within the interior of the case is the drive bay holder. From what I've seen, it looks like the drive bay holder is riveted to the case. I had rather paint it outside the case but.... Is there an easy way to remove this thing and place it back?

 

[kaa0653]

Use a drill to remove the rivets. You'll need new rivets and a rivet gun to replace them when you are done. There is a pretty good How-To with pictures below.

http://www.overclock.net/case-mods-general-discussion/337343-how-rivets-removing-replacing.html

 

[AdrianPerry]

Light sanding
Primer
Paint
Lacquer

I believe is the best practiced method for painting plastics.

 

[silent54]

Thanks kaa0653

 

[silent54]

Best answer selected by silent54.

 

[cadder]

If you remove parts by drilling out the rivets, you can put it back together with small nuts and bolts, that way you don't have to buy the rivet gun.