Custom lian-li's

SidewinderINC · 10 Feb 2006 at 14:41

Hi all,

looking at yewen for this one, does anybody know roughly how much it would cost to get a PC7+ custom anodised?

looking at keeping a black exterior but getting the interior anodised a deep red colour

or if its even possible without removing all of the internal structure and doing that seperately?

Cheers

S.INC

SidewinderINC · 10 Feb 2006 at 21:57

cheers for clearing that up, i'll just have to make do then hehe.

i got the idea from the thread about the "cases that'll beat an ATC" where one was black outside and bright red inside, and thought a lian li would look awesome like that!

SidewinderINC · 10 Feb 2006 at 22:17

yes, you're right ive just had a closer look at it

i'm sure i'll think of something

SidewinderINC · 11 Feb 2006 at 12:23

i'll find a way around it, it WILL be deep red gloss on the inside!

SidewinderINC · 12 Feb 2006 at 19:38

philstanbridge said:
Absolutely! Just think of the anodising as a dye which is applied to the metal. To get rid of it you simply apply another colour If you do scratch the surface of damage it slightly, anodising it will repair it, within reason.

is there any form of rub on dye that you can buy? because i'm thinking if i remove the drive cages etc. and have them properly anodised and then use a rub/paint/whatever dye for the interior of the outside panels?

and can you buy the 2 tone "flip paint" online? or does it have to be taken to a specialist to get that sorta thing done?

SidewinderINC · 13 Feb 2006 at 14:54

philstanbridge said:
I'm afraid it's not quite as simple as I made out there - the "pigment" has to be added to an acidic compound in order to change the properties of the metal. It's a very dangerous and time consuming job to do properly. If you wanted to change the colour instantly to the cages et al why not simply prepare them for painting? (but painting alu is harder than a lot of people think too).

Reference Fade anodising it's a very specialist subject - it involves the above process over and over again with different pigmentations.

no, i didnt expect the anodising the be such a simple process as just rubbing on a dye hehe.
i was just wondering if there was a stain that could be applied easily to metal, obviously it wouldnt look half as decent as true anodising, but it would be a lot cheaper hehe

SidewinderINC · 13 Feb 2006 at 15:27

they also said drinking VK through my nose was a bad idea, but i still did it!!!

but point taken

SidewinderINC · 16 Feb 2006 at 11:18

why? just why?