Spray painting Case & monitor stand advice

liamcrane · 8 Sep 2010 at 19:07

Evening,

Im looking to give my case and monitor stand a new look, I want to spray paint them black. My monitor stand and case are both grey, is there anything i really need to do in order to to this other than just spraying all over it?

Dont mean to sound stupid but never done anything like this before

many thanks

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 9 Sep 2010 at 09:40

what material are they made from, and what material are you spraying on top of.
Ie are they plastic but painted, raw plastic etc this will dictate what you need to do to "prep" them

oLysmoLy · 9 Sep 2010 at 22:20

liamcrane said:
Evening,

Im looking to give my case and monitor stand a new look, I want to spray paint them black. My monitor stand and case are both grey, is there anything i really need to do in order to to this other than just spraying all over it?

Dont mean to sound stupid but never done anything like this before

many thanks

go for the expensive dutch look...anythin else looks cheapp

Kanifee · 9 Sep 2010 at 22:41

black wrap, perfect finish provieded you take your time and do it properly and looks sweet,

thats a silver Stella fridge, materials used it cost me about £12

liamcrane · 10 Sep 2010 at 10:59

Thanks guys, the stand is pretty much made of metal or steel i believe. Its in the thread linked below about half way down, KG648 posted it

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17405978&page=91

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:34

If they are already pre painted then you will probably be able to just spray over the top.
Preparation will be key, removal/masking of all holes/anything you do not want sprayed. De grease the painted surfaces. Suggest you look up on interwebz lots of people post example, or have been some here from memory of painting projects.

If you have never sprayed before you will want to practise first, its a bit of an art tbh.

Watch what your thinking of spraying, the more glossy and certain colours will show imperfections more than matt and some colours. (Eg think matt magnolia paint hides a multitude of sins, compared to say a darkish colour sheen paint). The standard finish may look horrible sprayed another colour...