Extreme Prometeia Case Painting Service

Conclusion

Published: 7th September 2006 | Source: EPUK | Price: | Author: James Napier

Conclusion

Without a doubt, changing the colour of your PC case from the usual drab black or silver is the single biggest way to make your system stand out from the rest.

Extreme Prometeia have taken the effort and expense out of respraying your case by providing an affordable and quality powder coating service to anyone looking for an extreme way of changing the looks of their PC.

Priced at £90 (Excl. VAT) for powder coating the exterior of your case or £130 for both the interior and exterior, powder coating is certainly a more affordable than traditional spray painting and anodising and yet still produces excellent results. More information about EP-UK's powder coating service can be found here.

Pro's
+ Excellent results.
+ Choice of a wide range of colours.
+ Cheaper than any other methods.
+ Fast turnaround.
+ Great customer service.

Con's
- Jealousy from other PC enthusiasts!
- Slight 'Orange Peel' effect common to powder coating.

Editors Choice

Thanks to Extreme Prometeia UK for performing this modification.

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07-09-2006, 13:25:26

Jim

"Ever get bored of that plain silver or black case? Dream of respraying it in an outrageous colour? Today we test out Extreme Prometeia's affordable powder coating service on one of our cases."

Linky

07-09-2006, 13:26:48

Hyper

Very nice Jim.

So how much did it cost to spraw the whole case ?

07-09-2006, 13:27:34

FragTek

Wow now that's fantastic! Another extreme product and review. Great one Jim. I wonder who here in the states specializes in that...

07-09-2006, 13:28:54

Jim

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyper

Very nice Jim.

So how much did it cost to spraw the whole case ?

Outside of the case is £90 (excl VAT). You can have the inside+outside done for a little bit more, and can even have them in different colours

07-09-2006, 18:04:20

kimandsally

Hi there I'm not too sure but I think I have something wrong with my IE7 browser, the only pictures I can see on the review are the ones with the box with the parts covered in bubble wrap, are there other pictures and if so any idea what's stopping me viewing them?

Thanks

07-09-2006, 18:13:23

FarFarAway

Umm I'm not sure. There's pages 2 and 3......

07-09-2006, 18:44:22

Rastalovich

I have to be honest, if your some1 who has to have a pimped casing/interior - those prices are quite alot less than I imagined.

07-09-2006, 18:48:54

FarFarAway

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich

I have to be honest, if your some1 who [I]has[/I'] to have a pimped casing/interior - those prices are quite alot less than I imagined.

If I didn't have to toally deconstruct my case to get it done, I would get the interior painted

07-09-2006, 19:15:34

kimandsally

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='Kempez'

Umm I'm not sure. There's pages 2 and 3......

I can see the pictures on page 2 in the box with bubble wrap but no pictures on page 3.

07-09-2006, 20:56:27

FarFarAway

Page 2 has all the pics on it. I just checked in IE and it's fine.

Maybe clear your cache and refresh?

08-09-2006, 01:27:28

Jim

Hi KimandSally,

Can you please let me know if this is still a problem, or has been fixed by clearing ourt your temp internet files?

Thanks

08-09-2006, 05:22:56

masterblaster

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='XMS'

Outside of the case is £90 (excl VAT). You can have the inside+outside done for a little bit more, and can even have them in different colours

very nice job but is it only me that thinks the £90 + VAT is a little expensive?

For that price I'd have a go myself with aerosols, laquer and wet n dry.

08-09-2006, 05:29:52

Jim

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterblaster

very nice job but is it only me that thinks the £90 + VAT is a little expensive?

For that price I'd have a go myself with aerosols, laquer and wet n dry.

Compared with other sites its very cheap (i've seen £200+ for a spray job). Also dont forget this is powder coating and not painting - you can take a hammer to this paint job and it won't chip.

08-09-2006, 06:56:09

PV5150

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterblaster

very nice job but is it only me that thinks the £90 + VAT is a little expensive?

For that price I'd have a go myself with aerosols, laquer and wet n dry.

Powder coating and 2 Pack are probably the hardest wearing paints period. Definitely very hard to scratch/chip, as opposed to regular enamel. Jim has motivated me now to get mine done, although, I may go the 2 pack road because I don't have access to a baking oven and it requires less layers.

08-09-2006, 07:29:30

FragTek

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='PV5150'

Please do tell what color ur thinking of mate... Or possible start a thread putting it to a vote perhaps?

08-09-2006, 07:51:59

PV5150

yeah I really dunno mate, because my new build is going to be light on with the case bling. An external and internal paint job will prevent it being just another aluminium 830 stacker. My project is called AquAus, but I don't want a horrid aqua colour...I hate aqua rofl. I'll have a look at some colour charts and put it to a forum vote on the the ones I really like.

08-09-2006, 07:56:34

Jim

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='PV5150'

Its gotta be a darkish blue imo

08-09-2006, 08:27:37

masterblaster

a dark blue with metal flake...so retro 80's but sooooo cool

08-09-2006, 13:57:29

nathan

hehe, they use the same technique on car alloy wheels. looks really good!

10-09-2006, 14:36:10

kimandsally

Hi there now I've sorted my PC and can see the pictures I'm very impressed they sure do a fine job.

Extreme Prometeia Case Painting Service

Conclusion

Published: 7th September 2006 | Source: EPUK | Price: | Author: James Napier

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