Quote Originally Posted by FoxRacR17 View Post
Ok I got a couple of questions. I drilled out all the rivets from my HAF so now the case is completely taken apart. I have sanded all the inside parts down to the bare metal and its ready to be painted. I read the painting 101 sticky and it talks about "acid etch primer" which brings me to my first question, is "self etching primer" the same as "acid etch primer"? And my second question is should I put some screws in all the holes on the mobo tray that holds the motherboard in before I paint the mobo tray? I'm imagining in my head that if I dont, when I go to put the screws for the mobo in it will either not fit because of the primer and paint and clear coat, or it will somehow chip the paint.
when i prepared mine to powder coating i put the ''spare screws ''
into almost every screw hole ( mobo holder(risers) holes .. but
i did NOT FASTEN .. just left in half way because i wanted the paint filled the area under the screw head ,so only the screw hole area (inside the hole) masked
.. but this is just for powder paint as this comes much harder and thicker than ordinary paint. though i forgot some to mask and then used a piercer to get through, nibbling away the paint and then just screwed in a screw(bolt) once or twice to the end ..

if you go with common paint (i mean not going to heat up your parts for dry out) You can use any piece of wood /friction match/ pieces of cotton / or just balled-up some piece of masking tape .. to put it into these holes,

try with some other piece first .. its possible that you do not need this hole masking at all with common paint method