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[Compass]

Question,

If I was to sand the coating off the case, does the 'exposed' alu need a coating to protect it from dis-colouring?

 

[Finboss]

The exposed aluminium will be oxidised to form Aluminium Oxide. It will not really discolour. However, instead of being shiny it will become a dull grey colour.

I would not advise sanding the whole case unless you plan to paint it. The problem with sanding it is that you remove the anodising. The anodised layer is much tougher than aluminium oxide. If you remove it the case will be scratched far more easily. Apple anodised it for a reason. In saying that, sanding small, non-visible areas should be OK.

 

[minihack]

If I was to sand the coating off the case, does the 'exposed' alu need a coating to protect it from dis-colouring?

I have seen some cool polished mod.s where all the coating was sanded off, polished and then lacquered to protect it. Looks amazing, but is high maintenance - every fingerprint shows up.

 

[Compass]

Ok, thanks gents, just had a moment of madness and thought that might be a great idea!

Think painting will be the way I go, for the inner shell anyway, have a another great idea for the outer shell!

 

[dddirtman]

whatever u decide on finish a couple coats of urethane will keep it nice...

 

[Compass]

Edit , double post sorry

 

[Compass]

Ok peeps, its been awhile but life got in the way, a small update, so over the last few days have managed to get the motherboard in place, it's in my garage setting.

I'll let the pics do the talking,

 

[deeze1]

awww man.....awesome!!

 

[Compass]

Parts are trickling in, so far I have,

http://www.amazon.com/Sans-Digital-HDDR ... im_sbs_e_4

http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-560W-Plu ... 791&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyp ... 036&sr=1-1

Just ordered 2 of these, Newegg had them on sale for $149 delivered,

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-830-MZ-7P ... 851&sr=1-1

Cant decide on fans for the back and replace Evo fan, was thinking,

http://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Gentle-Typ ... 153&sr=1-1

and one of these to go on the side of the hdd rack,

https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-TY140

What do you think? Maybe control the GT's with a Zalman Fanmate-2

http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Fanmate-2- ... 307&sr=1-1

Thoughts?