Why not some high quality mylar for the chrome part of it. I used to get stuff at Ax-Man that you could use as a mirror if mount to a hard flat background. you could cement this on top of the painted case. If it takes paint apply it as a full sheet to the side of the case and then paint over it. That way you could scratch some of the paint for "sparkles" if you want. ;-) Jack On Thursday 19 April 2001 23:06, you wrote: > My personal case color scheme idea is a blue case, with stylized chrome > lightning bolts on the sides (shaped like the one on the winamp logo; the > zigzag 'Z'). > trouble is, how do you get both the mirror-polished lightning, and a > textured, deep-blue finish over the rest of it? chrome-plating the whole > thing and then trying to paint on top of it doesn't sound very effective > (paint would flake off... unless you ground it/roughed the chrome away, I > suppose); and just chrome paint on top of blue paint, wouldn't give the > mirror finish I was thinking of. > seems like a waste to chrome-plate something, then grind most of it > away (except for the parts I want left polished); but I guess that's how it > may have to be. > actually, a polished stainless-steel case would probably be better > than chrome; but I don't think there's anything commercial like that; and > I'm not enough of a sheet-metal worker to make my own. :( > > PC Power & Cooling (wwww.pcpowercooling.com) has a full-tower case that > can be had in black with a chrome bezel; but the price with knock you over. > > :( > > of course, I could just be cheezy and get some 16ga polished > stainless sheet; then cut the lightning bolts out of that and stick them on > my case with double-sided tape or something. :) > what's a good sheet-stainless supplier in town? > > Carl Soderstrom