Rate this case mod................... (altered slightly).

[Galileo]

Since I'm trying o make my "CASE" look "COOL", Cases and Cooling is the right forum for it, right?

I'm bouncing this idea in my head for a "RETRO" look.

#1 Paint the top and side panels maybe red or another color then clearcoat it.

#2 Chrome the front bezel.

3# Buy some automotive chrome side molding, probably the skinny ones with colored rubber strip in the middle that matches my painted case or get a contrasting color (we're all decorators here aren't we ).

Now the tough part. What do you do with front bezels of your CDRoms and whatever. Well, for the lack of better ideas...

5# try painting them too with tha same color or the contrasting color of your side molding.

6# chrome parts of it or all of it if I can.

7# put really skinny chrome moldings horizontally across the bottom edge of each one.

8# wrap-around molding across the front.

9# all of the above.

Please rate this as "0" meaning "I'm glad it's your case and not mine!" and "10" meaning " Hey! That's gonna be one hot-looking case!".

 

[tracerbullet]

I like the ideas!

I don't know how easy the chrome painting will be. If it gets mirror like it would totally kick butt. But if it's just sort of a dull wavy silver, then quite the opposite, I think it would look horrible.

I like the automotive paint - get a big can of touch up paint and some clear coat. Go slowly - do it ever 30 minutes or so over the day or it will be thick goo. Eventually buff it down. Candy apple red and such would be great.

I give it an 8 1/2 - not a fan of chrome strips.

Oh, and I did paint my CD ROM on an old machine - do it in lots of light coats, and it worked for me. cover the LED first. None got inside (as far as I could tell)

 

[Galileo]

An 8-1/2. Sounds good enough to me. I agree with the candy apple red and it has to be smooth and shiny chrome.

I also want the impossible. A totally gold plated (fake gold like they use on plastic picture frames) 80mm fan to sit on the outside of the side panel with a bright light behind it. Besides looking sharp, that thing might just cast a spinning beam of light on the wall or on the ceiling if it's on top of the case! But I doubt it unless it's a strobe light.

 

[stanger]

Galileo, i have painted cars for many years and my experience with the "spray can " chrome paint is that it will gray out especially when clear coated. you may want to test it on something else before spraying to your case .
stanger

 

[sygyzy]

I don't understand your rating system.


<< Please rate this as &quot;0&quot; meaning &quot;Don't quit your day job&quot; and &quot;10&quot; meaning &quot; yawnnnn....I guess it's okay&quot;. >>



So it's either bad or bad?

 

[Galileo]

Alright zygyzy.

I revised the rating system, folks. Will you rate it now?

 

[sygyzy]

Now I will vote. I give it a 7!

 

[Galileo]

stanger

thanks for the warning on chrome spray paint. Sure don't want it to dull up on me.


zygyzy

A rating of seven. Thanks.

 

[Gunther]

I say 8 since chrome is nice, but don't forget to add lights inside of your case.

 

[sygyzy]

Hey man, keep spelling my name wrong and I'll punk ya!

 

[Galileo]

No offense,sygyzy. I thought I saw two z's, heh heh I looked at it twice too.

 

[WarCon]

I will give you a 7, am a fan of case mod's just not a fan of bright shiny things. I wanna get some of that paint with colored flecks and make mine look like stone and instead of shiny I am gonna matte finish mine. Thought any about your monitor, printer, joystick, etc? If you have any bright ideas about how to do it all then let us know. Cuz I don't really wanna do it unless I do the whole thing.

 

[sygyzy]

I like how we are rating an IMAGINARY case!