Project Copperhead

BALISTX · #1 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 02:28 PM

Well folks I finally have all the parts for my system and a few days ago my buddy and I painted my Coolermaster CM690. I'm not revealing the paint I used, lets just say it's a custom blend I had a local automotive paint store mix up for me and put into an aerosol.

We painted the interior of the case a semigloss black. The exterior has 2 coats of base and 3 coats of clear.

I fully disassembled the case and we prepped it by scuffing the exterior parts with a Scotch Bright pad and then after we laid two coats of automotive primer we sanded the exterior with 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper.

Here are the results.

Don't mind the quality of the pics they were taken with my camera phone. I will have better pics once I get a change to take them earlier in the day when the sun is hitting the case so you can see the metalflake and the pearl in the paint.

Cptn Vortex · #2 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 02:51 PM

Ou that is pretty! Hehehe, looks really awesome. You're going to have to paint your car to match it!

BALISTX · #3 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 02:55 PM

Thanks. The wife said we should paint the Jeep the same colour.

Cptn Vortex · #4 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 02:58 PM

Did you do it yourself or did you bring it to a shop? I've got an airgun for painting cars back home in Ontario, tempted to bring some cases the next time I go visit the family. Man I miss my old shop! You name it we have it. Just no CNC or milling tools...

BALISTX · #5 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 03:00 PM

I'm not that good of a painter but my buddy painted it with aerosol can in my driveway. Just got the painted put into aerosol.

Cptn Vortex · #6 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 03:02 PM

Oh, gotcha. Looks really good!

BALISTX · #7 (**permalink**) April 20, 2008, 03:04 PM

Thanks. It looked good without the clear but once we cleared it, it made the copper pop and then once we removed the tape the black made it pop even more.