Project: Need your thoughts/ideas

mishima · 15 Apr 2007 at 19:50

I think you're right. It's going to be hard spraying the insides though with the little cavities and things around the motherboard input/output and optical drive bay area. Any tips?

malfunkshun · 15 Apr 2007 at 21:40

re. paint, if you do black go for satin. I did my side panels in gloss black and didnt like it, its just too much shine for a panel that big. So I took it back to the primer and started again. I'll put some pics up when I get my reader installed. Its coming along nicely dude.

mishima · 15 Apr 2007 at 21:59

Thanks bud. Yeah I have both the white and black in satin so should be good, tested them out already and they have nice finishes.

Question: The roof of my case I sprayed with BBQ black matt spray and of course I want to get rid of that and use the Black Satin spray I now have so all panels are the same. What should I do with the existing paint?

bryanlaycock · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:02

sand it back down to the primer or it might leave a noticable colour change which will bug u forever

malfunkshun · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:03

rub it down so its smooth and put a few coats of primer on it. On the off chance the existing paint reacts with the first coat of primer it would be safer to remove it all.

mishima · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:14

Ok cheers, I probably have one of these in the garage. There's quite a few coats under it so it would take a long time manually:

Going to use a light coat of primer inside the case, on top of the sanded surfaces.

bryanlaycock · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:15

this painting malarky seems to take a lot of time and effort

might buy one of those electric sanders, are they any good?

mishima · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:26

Haven't got a clue mate, I just nick all my dads tools he has loads lol. I'm sure I have seen him using one before, you can fit different sheets to it and it basically just does the job a lot quicker without the need to apply pressure.

bryanlaycock · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:42

hmm il just buy a cheapy draper one ive had enuff of sanding lol

mishima · 17 Apr 2007 at 12:20

Just doing my interior spraying now guys, how long should I leave between coats?

I have done 2 so far - left 10 minutes between.

mishima · 17 Apr 2007 at 14:22

Ok. Here is my first phase of spraying. I'm quite pleased with the results, there are some spots that need a little more attention but I ran out of spray so I will need to purchase some more - this also allows me to perhaps pay a little more attention to the areas I was going to leave out (areas that are concealed and won't be seen and the areas you can see that have red primer on).

bryanlaycock · 17 Apr 2007 at 15:59

wow looking smart i might do mine white on the inside looks awsome

mishima · 17 Apr 2007 at 21:05

Yeah very pleased. Left it for a few hours and it seems to have a thin layer of powder on the surface that comes off. I thought satin was suppose to be silky texture?

KarlMcWade · 17 Apr 2007 at 21:35

I love big server case mods

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I have one too its a huge tower with a sliding mobo tray too (shame its AT format tho) its hiding It knows i have a dremil and am following 3 threads like this

here is a review of the scythe thingy for anyone instrested
http://www.modthebox.com/review458_1.shtml

mishima · 17 Apr 2007 at 21:52

Get it out and mod it! This project has been really fun, going to miss the various things I have done when I finish it. I might have to do another one some other time.

I have one of those Scythe's on its way, look great don't they? Thanks for the review

mishima · 17 Apr 2007 at 22:17

Been thinking tonight of an additional feature I could implement into this project. I would like to introduce some sort of cable management tunnel/cavity so that cable running from the PSU can be pinned along the walls of the case and hidden out of sight. This is only rough (looks rubbish) but this is the sort of thing I'm talking about. A metal tube, tunnel, cavity fixed on the corner of the case running down.

KarlMcWade · 17 Apr 2007 at 22:43

I dont have time to mod it at the min as i have loads of projects on the go atm.

Saving it for my dual barc, crossfire R600 rig with a water chiller in the case too

bryanlaycock · 17 Apr 2007 at 23:54

mishima what paint did u use, did u just go to halfords?

mishima · 18 Apr 2007 at 00:21

My white spray was Plastic-Kote Satin Super from wilko's £5 I think. The Satin black I got from Halfords for £6. Much bigger canister though.

bryanlaycock · 18 Apr 2007 at 01:40

i was looking at that white in wilkos today :eek:

might have to invest in some