repainting/spraypainting case

If you've got enough heat building up in your case to mess up any paint on it, you've got more serious issues, and I doubt your rig would be running, anyway. Would probably be on fire.

I painted my whole case, drive faces, everything, with my university's color scheme. Just got some Krylon spray paint at walmart or home depot, some sandpaper, masking tape and newspaper, and went to town. Painted right over the lame eggshell that was already on it, although I smoothed it out a little bit with light some sanding, first. Put primer on exposed metal. May want to lightly clean the surfaces with soap and water first, or at least wipe em down, to get dust and such off.

You can put clearcoat on it if ya want, even wax it. I've seen a number of sites out there that had detailed instructions of how people did it and pictures, but I don't have the links bookmarked. You should be able to find some easy enough.

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thanx for the advice... yea, guess i'll just sand it a bit before painting. as for sanding between the paint and gloss coats...you mean paint->light sand->gloss ?

Orange peel is as much a problem with the painter as the paint. I can paint from a spray can with minimal orange peel, or spray a bumpy finish from a gun.

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Well, since each coat with orange peel will put the bumps in different positions (rather than make them bigger), I'd just go with a bunch of thin coats followed by a final wet sanding. That's what we always did at the shop. And those guys at the shop would MAKE FUN of me for talking about what I could do with a spray can...

Anyway, I did a couple van doors base/clear without orange peel, then I did a complete car with some orange peel that had to be wet sanded. There are many factors involved, in this case I believe it was the paint not thinned properly for the spray head I was using. The car was single stage, so the paint was thicker than that smooth clear coat job I did using the same gun.

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