Painting an case

[gnelson651]

I recently bought my daughter a used viola and the case it came with is an fugly musturd yellow. It has a Samsonite leatherette type cover.

I was thinking that after I gave the case a good bath, I would use medium to fine emory cloth to rough it out so the primer will stick. Then I thought I could attempt to #spray it with primer and spray paint it to the desired color.

Any other suggestions? What type of spray primer/paint would be good for the job?

Thanks,

[jim simpson]

I had a Les Paul "Epiphone" case that I used for a Les Paul. I didn't like the gold Epiphone on the case so I used flat black spray paint to paint over the gold lettering. i think I painted the whole top of the case to blend it in. I also picked up a rectangular Washburn mandolin case with the name in gold on it. I did the same thing with it.

[ajm]

I'd suggest simply getting a can of spray paint made for painting vinyl. I've used the Rustoleum brand paint for vinyl to paint a spare tire cover. Has held up well in sun, rain, heat cold, etc, and would likely do well for an instrument case.

http://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp?frm_product_id=44&SBL=1

Likely it will be available at Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

[Greenmando]

I have used a automotive vinyl dye in a spray can with great success.

[Yeti]

My buddy has an auto Interior shop and he uses SEM dye. It dries quick. Wipe it down with Acetone first to get any oils off of it.

http://www.msitrt.com/SEMchart.htm