How to paint your vci case?

[thebeatworx]

For those who have painted / modded a VCI-100 case, I need some advice...

Did you sand off the existing finish completely before adding the primer? Or did you just paint right over it?

[Anthony More]

I think you can do both.
here's a post with pics of a sandblasted case;
http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...arcade+buttons.

But if you want to do a arcadebutton mod, you don't have sandblast,
because I think maybe there will be soon overlays for the arcade button mod.
but not sure about that.
have a look here;
http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...light=overlays

And if you just want to change the colour of your housing, you can make the black/silver paint
rough with some sandpaper, and spray it in any colour you like.

[thebeatworx]

Thank you kind sir!!!

I've already started my arcade mod. I had a machinist cut me out a replacement overlay plate for the buttons. (It looks exactly like the the original VCI plate, except it has round buttons.) I think I'm just gonna scuff it up, lay etch primer and then paint it. I'll post pics soon...

[mpetersen3]

Will the spray paint adhere if I sand the case first, but don't use any primer? It is gloss protective enamel (not sure if that matters)?

[BentoSan]

i went crazy on mine and sanded the anodized layer, etch primed the metal, primed the metal. then painted it... still not actually finished with it though lolz - i put it back together so i could mix and havent got around to finishing the paint job on it yet lolz

[mpetersen3]

I am doing mine now, I sanded the original coat, and then have sprayed a coat of primer and am doing 2 coats of spray paint, pulling an all nighter job is going to suck tomorrow (lol have to go in at 7:30am) hopefully I will have these up for you all tonight, it depends on how long I let everything dry for before putting it back together.

[thebeatworx]

Here's a nice pdf I found explaining how to paint PC cases which I believe is very similar to painting the VCI case... or any housing case for that matter...

I found it off of a computer modding forum.

ftp://ftp.sybex.com/4360/4360ch08.pdf

Just a FYI...