**Modding My Own Case: A DIY Adventure**

I'm currently in my kitchen, trying to get better lighting for my camera, and I've decided to lay down a better angle for this particular project. As you can see now, there are some paint issues with the case that need to be addressed. The person who originally did this mod used a plasma cutter, but unfortunately, they also applied a layer of paint to prevent rusting on the inside edge. I wasn't present when this was done, and I had planned to use a paint pen to touch up the edges, but it seems like that idea didn't quite work out.

Now that we can see more clearly, you can see the layer of paint coming along the edge of the case. It's not too bad, but it does look a bit rough in some areas, especially around the corners. However, from a distance, it doesn't seem to be too noticeable. Modding your own case can be tricky territory, and I'm glad I was able to get everything under control.

As I was getting ready to start modding my case, I headed out to the store to pick up a few things I needed. One of the items on my list was an acrylic window, which is actually 18 by 24 inches – too big for the original window, but fortunately, the store was able to cut it down to size for me. I also picked up some truck SUV trim from O'Reilly Auto Parts, which will be used for edging. It's a perfect fit, and I'm excited to get started.

I've got all my materials now, including plastidip, frog tape, and masking. It's time to start painting! Always make sure to shake your cans before applying paint or coating, and it's also important to be in a well-ventilated area. I'm fortunate that the plastic tip on this part of the side panel matches up with the main part of the case, which means I won't have to re-paint the whole thing just for this small section.

Two coats of plastidip should do the trick, and it looks like they're going to match up pretty well. The color is almost identical to the existing black paint on the case. I've decided not to paint the entire case, which will save me a lot of hassle. It's great that the plastidip matched up so well – I'm really glad I didn't have to re-paint everything.

Next, I'll be applying the new channel and placing the double-sided tape where it will hold the clear panels in place. Let's get started with attaching the path! Here we go... Ah, perfect! It looks like that should do the trick. Be careful not to press too hard, as it's still a bit wet.

**The Finished Product**

And there you have it – my side panel mod is complete! The corners of the new channel could be improved, but overall, I'm happy with how it turned out. I've added an acrylic window and used black paint to match up with the rest of the case. It's starting to come together, and I'm excited to see this project come to life. Stay tuned for more updates as I continue to build this custom computer case.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everybody this is Chris aka hell gaiden and today we're going to be painting a case so the case that we're going to be painting today is a corsair carbide 400r it used to belong to my little brother this is almond or TV gaming as his channel is now and since he upgraded to do is do case v2 he has this this case lying around we tried modding it trying to do a window mod onto it didn't go too well as far as the cut goes and now I want to get some new channel and sort of cover the edge so the edge is like the imperfection on it is basically hidden but there are some paint that got messed up in the process - so basically got to repaint the whole case and then didn't in this situation I'm gonna be using plastidip especially because it will require very little preparation in this one no like sanding or anything just make sure that you get some a rag with some soapy water clean it all up real good and then dry it off tape off the sections that you don't want spray it down but here's the trick with the plastidip don't you have to remove any masking before it's either it cures basically because if it cures and let's say you have like a layer of masking tape with a layer of plastidip over it when you pull up that masking tape the plastidip is going to pull off with it - plus that can be peeled off so that's actually one of the beauties of class adipocyte the color anymore peel it off and put a put a whole new color on there but in this case since i'm gonna be masking some of it there you gotta spray it then pull the mask off before it cures so got to deal with that especially because it's going to need several coats so it's going to be interesting what happens with that anyways let me show you the case so here's the case and as you can see overall it doesn't look too bad but then let's look a little closer alright so here I am over here in the kitchen I got better lighting in here and had to lay it down for a better angle but now you can see a lot more clearly the the paint issues that it had now you see this layer of paint coming along the edge that's because the person who did this with the plasma cutter and I wasn't present by the way when it was done put a layer of paint on there to keep the inside edge from rusting I didn't get a chance to tell that person not to do that so I had planned to take a paint pen to it that's sort of went out the window so you can see the edge is a little rough still and yeah modding your own case especially with something like this tricky territory tricky territory and so let me just show you the rest of the edge and you can see the paint everywhere else the corners are particularly bad but it doesn't look bad from a distance so anyways it still needs the acrylic window and I got to go to the store for that and I guess we'll see so I gotta go get some paint daddy up masking and then we'll get to it okay and I'm back from the store I wouldn't bought a couple of things that I needed for this project one of them being the window the acrylic sheet that's this optics thing it's 18 by 24 inches which is actually too big for the window but fortunately they were able to cut it for me and I had taken the side panel with me and they measured it out and it fit perfectly so for the edging I got this truck SUV trim from O'Reilly Auto Parts and it's perfect if you kind of thing get a look at it there it's just the right perfect stuff got a better shot of that later I also got a couple of cans of plastidip for the paint add some frog tape for masking it up so I'm gonna go ahead and keep it moving along all right so I'm getting ready to paint it up always make sure to shake your cans pretty well especially plastidip and always make sure to be in a well-ventilated area I'm in my garage right now and so maybe I'm lucky out because it's looking like that the plastic tip on this this part of the side panel is matching the main part of the case which means I don't have to pass it up the whole thing in order to make it all even it just looks like I might be able to get away with just this part that'll save me a lot of hassle honestly but now it's time for the second code I think maybe I went a little heavy on the second coat I guess we'll see so it turns out that the plastidip color on that side panel matched up pretty well to the existing black overall not 100% but pretty close that I decided not to paint the whole case just to get it just get it to match the side panel so really fortunate and that and so it makes all this very easy make me even wonder why I waited so long to do this all right so uh looks like two coats were good so far so good I'm really fortunate that it all matched up so it's time to just sort of apply the new channel starting to see that the corners might be a little difficult so I'm probably not to cut it to do the corners okay so I went ahead and applied the you channel as well as placed the spots where the double-sided tape is gonna hold the clear panels so let me go ahead and attach the path so here it is so you can see it looks like it's what I want it to be I'm kind of hoping that the tape isn't the right spot because that edging of the you channel is kind of high why not let me oh shoot didn't like there I didn't like it there and try again you're right there should be good press down you gotta be careful cuz it's not completely dry yet but looks like that should do the trick and there we go side panel mod complete now the corners of the the new channel I couldn't I mean I probably could have done better but it's a little tough but it still looks pretty good in my opinion so check that out alright here's the finished product and I think it came out pretty good overall she's got a side panel on there now clear one that is didn't come with one and I think the black matches it well enough so that completes this step on this case there's more to come this is going to be built into a full computer but overall I think this came out pretty well highly recommend plastidip my stuff is great and you know what if you like this video click that like button make sure to click that subscribe button for more - dislike this video click that dislike button leave a comment we'll talk about it and stay tuned for morewhat's up everybody this is Chris aka hell gaiden and today we're going to be painting a case so the case that we're going to be painting today is a corsair carbide 400r it used to belong to my little brother this is almond or TV gaming as his channel is now and since he upgraded to do is do case v2 he has this this case lying around we tried modding it trying to do a window mod onto it didn't go too well as far as the cut goes and now I want to get some new channel and sort of cover the edge so the edge is like the imperfection on it is basically hidden but there are some paint that got messed up in the process - so basically got to repaint the whole case and then didn't in this situation I'm gonna be using plastidip especially because it will require very little preparation in this one no like sanding or anything just make sure that you get some a rag with some soapy water clean it all up real good and then dry it off tape off the sections that you don't want spray it down but here's the trick with the plastidip don't you have to remove any masking before it's either it cures basically because if it cures and let's say you have like a layer of masking tape with a layer of plastidip over it when you pull up that masking tape the plastidip is going to pull off with it - plus that can be peeled off so that's actually one of the beauties of class adipocyte the color anymore peel it off and put a put a whole new color on there but in this case since i'm gonna be masking some of it there you gotta spray it then pull the mask off before it cures so got to deal with that especially because it's going to need several coats so it's going to be interesting what happens with that anyways let me show you the case so here's the case and as you can see overall it doesn't look too bad but then let's look a little closer alright so here I am over here in the kitchen I got better lighting in here and had to lay it down for a better angle but now you can see a lot more clearly the the paint issues that it had now you see this layer of paint coming along the edge that's because the person who did this with the plasma cutter and I wasn't present by the way when it was done put a layer of paint on there to keep the inside edge from rusting I didn't get a chance to tell that person not to do that so I had planned to take a paint pen to it that's sort of went out the window so you can see the edge is a little rough still and yeah modding your own case especially with something like this tricky territory tricky territory and so let me just show you the rest of the edge and you can see the paint everywhere else the corners are particularly bad but it doesn't look bad from a distance so anyways it still needs the acrylic window and I got to go to the store for that and I guess we'll see so I gotta go get some paint daddy up masking and then we'll get to it okay and I'm back from the store I wouldn't bought a couple of things that I needed for this project one of them being the window the acrylic sheet that's this optics thing it's 18 by 24 inches which is actually too big for the window but fortunately they were able to cut it for me and I had taken the side panel with me and they measured it out and it fit perfectly so for the edging I got this truck SUV trim from O'Reilly Auto Parts and it's perfect if you kind of thing get a look at it there it's just the right perfect stuff got a better shot of that later I also got a couple of cans of plastidip for the paint add some frog tape for masking it up so I'm gonna go ahead and keep it moving along all right so I'm getting ready to paint it up always make sure to shake your cans pretty well especially plastidip and always make sure to be in a well-ventilated area I'm in my garage right now and so maybe I'm lucky out because it's looking like that the plastic tip on this this part of the side panel is matching the main part of the case which means I don't have to pass it up the whole thing in order to make it all even it just looks like I might be able to get away with just this part that'll save me a lot of hassle honestly but now it's time for the second code I think maybe I went a little heavy on the second coat I guess we'll see so it turns out that the plastidip color on that side panel matched up pretty well to the existing black overall not 100% but pretty close that I decided not to paint the whole case just to get it just get it to match the side panel so really fortunate and that and so it makes all this very easy make me even wonder why I waited so long to do this all right so uh looks like two coats were good so far so good I'm really fortunate that it all matched up so it's time to just sort of apply the new channel starting to see that the corners might be a little difficult so I'm probably not to cut it to do the corners okay so I went ahead and applied the you channel as well as placed the spots where the double-sided tape is gonna hold the clear panels so let me go ahead and attach the path so here it is so you can see it looks like it's what I want it to be I'm kind of hoping that the tape isn't the right spot because that edging of the you channel is kind of high why not let me oh shoot didn't like there I didn't like it there and try again you're right there should be good press down you gotta be careful cuz it's not completely dry yet but looks like that should do the trick and there we go side panel mod complete now the corners of the the new channel I couldn't I mean I probably could have done better but it's a little tough but it still looks pretty good in my opinion so check that out alright here's the finished product and I think it came out pretty good overall she's got a side panel on there now clear one that is didn't come with one and I think the black matches it well enough so that completes this step on this case there's more to come this is going to be built into a full computer but overall I think this came out pretty well highly recommend plastidip my stuff is great and you know what if you like this video click that like button make sure to click that subscribe button for more - dislike this video click that dislike button leave a comment we'll talk about it and stay tuned for more\n"