DIY Fan Painting

[StormBrew]

Hello, I was looking into painting the Anti Vibration mounts of the Noctua NF-12 fan as they are removable. I was wondering if anyone happened to know of a good paint/primer combo for high heat situations like when they're cooling a radiator. I researched some automotive paints, but they did not seem to provide what I was looking for. Thank you if you can help me, and have a great day.

 

[C12Friedman]

No high heat needed, unlike the radiator of a car, the temps your PC radiator will see are quite a bit lower than boiling - I'd say the highest direct heat (never directly measured though) I've seen out of my rad has been about 36°C - it's enough to heat up a small room but not nearly enough to warrant "high heat" paint

I think my biggest concern would be finding a paint that won't melt the rubber or silicone or whatever they're made of

 

[daniel_blacke]

The KBS-Coatings were not to your liking?

http://www.kbs-coatings.com/high-temperature-paints.html

 

[StormBrew]

I was looking into some Dupli-Color Paint, but I am unsure if this paint will work. I'm trying to paint it red so it will match the color theme. According to Noctua, the vibration pads are made out of Silicone.

 

[synphul]

You may have trouble painting them, only for the fact they're flexible. If they bend pretty much any paint will chip and peel. Maybe some sort of dye? I read someone used hair coloring dye to dye the silicone buttons on their old game controller. They used black which may have worked better than other colors (though red is a pretty strong color too).

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/8581/how-to-dye-silicone-startselect-buttons/

Not saying this will work, just something to check into and is fairly easy to obtain and low cost. Might be worth a try.

 

[StormBrew]

You may have trouble painting them, only for the fact they're flexible. If they bend pretty much any paint will chip and peel. Maybe some sort of dye? I read someone used hair coloring dye to dye the silicone buttons on their old game controller. They used black which may have worked better than other colors (though red is a pretty strong color too).

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/8581/how-to-dye-silicone-startselect-buttons/

Not saying this will work, just something to check into and is fairly easy to obtain and low cost. Might be worth a try.

I was also hearing PlastiDip might work.