Finally found sum time to update on the mirror shine.


1st thing to do is use a sanding block with 600 grit paper n wet sand. After that go up to 800, 1000, 1500 n finally 2000.





Then washed it to cleanse all the grit n paint dust off.






Dried it off. After drying it off leave to dry overnight. For what oso I dunno. Looks dry enuf after towelling it dry but the proper method is to let it dry overnight after washing. C how the paint looks like now after wet sanding? Cool eh? It actually looks like the brushed aluminum black cases.






After allowing it to dry overnight I whipped out the rubbing compound n orbital polishing machine to gif it a jolly good buffing to get rid of all the straight lines n get it to shine.





Things were going well n the panel was getting to the mirror shine level. N then......................................... disaster! I wasn't concentrating for only a few seconds n buffed too hard at the curved handle part. The paint around the handle was totally buffed off to bare metal. The whole panel was already getting near to mirror shine. All that was left to do was to use a swirl remover with the buffing machine, wait a month n then wax it for a super duper mirror shine. Haihhhhhhhhhhh.............


Oh well, I've reprayed the panel with another 4 coats of gloss black on top of the 8 coats previously. Will wait another 2 weeks b4 doing it all over again.


Will update again soonz.

always stay focused....it happens....fatique ruines the project...power tools nowadays are so fast..a lot can happen in very short time.

ianho, what brand of rubbing compound are you using?

i think its normal car wax? huhu, sorry to hear that. anyway your sanding looks even. how did you managed to sand the whole area in 1 direction as the sand paper is just a4 size

Yeah it was fatigue that caused it. I was doing the mirror shine after a long hard day of modding other cases. Was really tired n no mood at the time. Shud never do mods when u feel lidat. I took the risk since it's my case n I can always redo it again n again. Plus dont forget the safety factor if u work with lotsa powertools. Instead of rubbing off paint u cud end up chopping off ure fingers.



I use PPG Autocolor professional car paint compound.




No it's not. Normal car wax is cheap useless stuff n will never buff to a mirror shine. Anyway there r basically 3 types of "polish" as common ppl call it. That's sooooo wrong. First is the really abrasive stuff called RUBBING COMPOUND, then less abrasive will be POLISH, then oni u get to the final top coating that protects the shine uve achieved n that's called the WAX.

I sanded with a sanding block in a single direction. It's actually very easy. Just need full concentration to make sure u dont rub too hard.

ur polishing machine same wit mine
lol...fast fast show us the result ler...dun keep keep.

Of course same lar. I told u where to buy wat. Kekekeke.

All Worklogs bumped to the top for easy reference by all.

OK. The new coat of paint shud be nice n hard by now. Will b doing the mirror shine again. This time will do it on a nice relaxing day to make sure no mistake. Kekekeke.

Good luck on the mirror shine

50 cents say he'll take an houar more than heoriginally did.

Nonid good luck. Just need a good night's sleep the night b4 doing it so I can relax n concentrate fully while sanding npolishing.



Kakakakkaakka. Basket u, bet oni 50cents ar? Yupz gonna make sure I take it nice n easy this time instead of rushing it.

Ianho, just like to ask you, the final wet sand on the paint, we have to get rid of all the orange peel effect ar?? Cause i sand it until it reach the primer n some parts still not completely smooth.

U haf to sand it until it's totally flat n if u hit primer means not enuf paint.

I take 8 layers of paint .....do you think that's a lil bit excessive?

Gonna ask some noobish question dont whack me plz!!

What is grit paper?? izzit like sand paper??

What is wet sand?? Beach sand with water??

I know im noob spare me plz

grit paper just to specify what grit sand paper you need to use. exp: 800 grit, 1000 grit, 2000 grit. The bigger the number, the more fine the sand paper.

wet sand it the process of doing sanding under wet condition. (Under running water, oil...)

Phew, it's been a bz few weeks. Anyway, haven't had time to do the mirror shine yet as I've had lotsa mods waiting in line. But I spared about an hour for my own case today. Did a 3rd lighting system for the case with just LEDs so I can save on electricity.



I bought these Case laser LEDs at the recent PC fair. They're very simple to use. Just connect the molex plug to it n position the LEDs right where u want them.





I put 1 in the 5.25" bay right behind the water tank n flow indicator.






1 in the HDD cage to highlight the water hoses in the middle. 1 below the HDD cage to highlight the Vantec UV PCI slot protectors below the graphics card. This is how it looks like with just LEDs on.







This is with the blue CCFLs on. Done previously.






This is with the white CCFLs on. Also done previously.






This is the combo with both the blue n white CCFLs on. This is my favorite but coz so many CCFLs on, the consumption is gonna b high n my PC is on all day long.






Now the PC is mostly running on just the LEDs to save on electricity. Then when the mood strikes I'll just flick the switches to turn on all 3 systems for maximum bling bling.


I also cleaned up the wiring behind the case. Here's how it looked last time. As u can c the white tubing is a lil bit too small to contain all the wires n a lot of wires r bulging out of it at the bottom. The Apple Cinema Display's power supply is also hanging.





Here's how it looks like now after I bought sum fatter wire tubing to make all the wires fit inside instead of bulging out. Also put the ACD psu on the floor instead of hanging in mid air. Looks a whole bunch better now.




That's it for today.



This post has been edited by ianho: Apr 30 2006, 02:30 AM

wuahahaa....uncle G***F*** so blink blink arr..ur casing

hmm i'm gonna get one of this rat pissed on casings and pass it on to ianho for restoration

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