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Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2007 at 3:19 pm

There was a couple of things about the case that were’nt to my personnal preference, the 1st being the side panels so i bought some smoked acrylic to use instead (more later) and the powdercoat finish whilst very practical i thought was’nt the best finish for such an outstanding case. There was quite a bit of “orange peel” effect and i wanted to do something about it.

I started with 1000 grit wet and dry sandpaper, went to 2500 grit and finally polish and elbow grease which resulted in the following (pics are in order of each stage) :-

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0141.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0147.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0146.jpg

I’m not skilled at paint finishing at all but after about an hours work i could see how this could work really well in the hands of the pro’s. Aside from that, i saw an American muscle car at a show back in the day that had been finished in Candy Apple red paint (red over gold) and it was the best paint job i’ve ever seen before or after and i started thinking about the cube…….

I went to a sprayers i’d been reccomended (they specialise in motorcycle tanks and fairings as well as cars) and on talking to the guys they reccomended using the candy red over the black and whilst it was wet - clingfilming it to create a marbled effect before laquering the whole thing and flatting to a mirror shine. The results of 2 weeks work speak for themself !! :-

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0193.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0184.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0196.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0194.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0183.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0183.jpg

I am well pleased with the finish, i’m awaiting the last couple of parts for the build (1 being an Asus P5k Deluxe motherboard) then i’ll be starting the interior build and my plan is to make it as neat as possible sticking with the red and black theme, i’ve got mesh and acrylic panels to stealth the cabling and air and watercooling to fit into this big box so till next time ….

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