Thread: Painting a case
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Old 06-14-2009, 05:40 PM   #7 (permalink)
Chainer
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Re: Painting a case

Krylon (If i remember right, just painted a spud launcher) makes a nice style paint that is especially made for plastic. And latex is a no no, it will not stick, and is just not made for these kind of applications.

No paint is free of fumes. Odor free simply means that there is no odor, the fumes will still waft throughout whatever room you paint in, and any room that air travels too and from. The paint needs to eject the medium in which the pigment is vesseled in, that's the drying process.

Also, you need to surface prep whatever you paint (Do not let anyone else tell you otherwise, they are either lazy or stupid.). Sanding usually with a red prep pad is what I do when I do not need to smooth metal. If your going for an "original" paint job look, the work is all in the prep.

Spray lightly, many coats. Good paint doesn't happen over night, also get the good green 3M masking take and mask off anything you don't want painted. Good even strokes man. :)

Good luck, and post pics!
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