New update
First off I have learned that the radiator I have bought is a used HE 120.3, NOT a used PA 120.3, sorry for the confusion.
I have sent all metallic pieces of the station to get powder coated by CyberDruid of OCN (
CyberDruidPC - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net) along with other services I have purchased from him that I will get into details in the future.
Along with the shipment of metal, I have sent him the 6 radiator brackets along with the package. Again, I'll elaborate what have been done once it comes back.
Now lets get to the interesting parts shall we?
Navig had recently came back from his epic vacation and had redone his workshop. In short, me and him talked and he have done me a huge favor.
He hand handmade a brand new hard drive set up for my station that is already incorporated into his newer designs. However my station was based on the older design and did not have such feature and used a traditional HD cage.
This image here shows what will be coming in the mail for me and I can't wait until I get my hands on it to install it!
Now you maybe wondering what happened to the radiator. Well I decided to be super wasteful and lazy that I dunk the whole thing into the gel stripper chemical I had (yes this time I bought expensive nitrite gloves!) and simply jet it with high pressure water from the garden hose to rinse it after 30 mins.
Holy crap it took off the paint on the fins too without adding damage.
Since there wasn't paint on the fins, I sprayed it with some white enamel on to it both sides. It looks a bit quirky thanks to the bent fins but no biggie.
I taped up a big portion and on one side of the radiator I put some bondo on and sand the whole section down to make it nice and smooth with 220 grit wet
after painting it
Learning the mistake of rushing it last time, I decided to take my time and slowly work one side a day then taping it up to work on the next.
Here is the finished product with epoxy paint as exterior. I wish the fins weren't bent but at least I'm doing some recycling. Plus I rather do all this on a radiator I got for only $55 vs those new Thermochills that go for $120
Not only that I got some hard to find fans in the mail recently. Teehee.
Their so adorable, it even got teeth
