Does a painted inside look better?

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I have a black antec case with a window on teh side, and blue uv lighted cables. I'm wondering if I should paint teh inside of my case black to match teh outside. What do you guys think?

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Josh · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject:

well someone else on the forums did the same thing...and it looks very nice.

I think its Racing Stang....check the case gallery section.
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meobius · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject:

i would recommend painting it black (there are a couple of great painting guides available online) and than adding a coat of UV reactive paint... Make it really look cool!

(i did that with mine, painted inside blue and sprayed blue uv reactive paint...looks cool, but i need a new case now)
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Hoedizzy · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject:

The only downside I could see is the paint chiping when you do any upgrading.

gmoney · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:00 am Post subject:

yeah of coarse the inards of a case look better when painted.... much better than steel grey

DinkyDogg_ · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:

Hrm... I can't detach the optical drive cage. That could be a pain in the butt to paint. I also have a radiator on the top taht I'm not entirely comfortable removing. Think I should take the plunge and drain the coolant, remove the radiator, remove all teh components, and pain teh inside? sounds kind of scary. I don't know if I'm ready to do that yet.

gmoney · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

welll... painting the inards is a time consuming job.. and if it takes that much to make the paint job look better i would say do it...

Xal · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:44 am Post subject:

Some nice stickers would also make it look cool, you could line the inside with some cool looking vynal and it would save you removing the radiator, I have seen this done to good effect.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I don't think you'd actually have to remove the hoses and such from the radiator, unless its mounted outside.......if it's a typical WC system, you should be able to unscrew it, cover it with a plastic shopping bag, and move it out of the way enough to keep it from getting sprayed.

Personally, on my last system, I didn't paint the inside, I did as Xal suggested, and covered the offending parts with either vinyl tape, or "hazard" stickers I got from a local electrical supply shop. I wouldn't worry too much about the inside of the optical drive cage, if you're like anybody else here, you have two optical drives and at least one fan controller, so that inner surface is likely to be covered with drives anyway, not seen when the drives are mounted.
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Xal · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:31 am Post subject:

I like the idea with the hazzard stickers

especialy with a uv CC in there *ideas form*

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racing87stang · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

yes I did that to my case, link here www.racingda87stang.com

and I had to take off the top and side panels, as well as the front

as for the drive cages, they were rivited so I just worked around them, I used a flat black primer, seeing as how its inexpensive, and i didnt really want to get TOO wow with reflective paints. I also used the primer as it wont chip away, it will only scratch or show rub marks (also a flaw when trying to clean.
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dene · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject:

Aslong as its not a Tt xaser3 lanfire, paint it :)
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tell us why dene..... worried about fading originality?....=P i say paint it...=D
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gmoney · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

paint it... any case looks good with painted interior... just dont use cheap spray paint
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Zero_Fresh · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject:

Can't go wrong by painting it.
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Xal · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:56 am Post subject:

^^ agreed, just make sure you do a nice clean job and you will not be dissapointed with the results.
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dene · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:

canus · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 24

non-conductive UV paint would look nice