After carefully removing the guts (provided the etching is on an enclosure from an existing build), remove all the original decals & paint with 80 grit, coarse sandpaper. Even if you’re starting with a bare enclosure, it’s good practice to sand away any residue left from the manufacturing process this way. Wet-sanding (keeping both the enclosure and sandpaper wet at all times) will make quick work of any paint job.
Wet sanding w/ 80grit - click to enlarge
You’ll find that the enclosure quickly becomes “muddy” as you wet-sand. Just dunk it and the sanding block in a bucket of water to rinse them, and continue removing paint.
Wet sanding. Here's why gloves are good to have.
When most of the surface is done- and don’t overlook the corners and edges!- take the sanding up by hand to get the patches that were missed by the sanding block.
Make sure to get every little crevice
After about 10-15 minutes of work, the enclosure will start to look pretty good:
After the first pass at sanding
Hey there,
December 24, 2009 @ 12:37 AMnice instructions i will be waiting for the next steps
nice work!!!