Allright, more progress albiet this time, slower and more wisdom in place, in theory
After my rushed and cruddy results with my first painted mobo try, I knew I had to do a better prep job and just take my time in general. After seeing how much paint was scrapped off as a result of taking the tray in and out of the case, I decided to mask of the areas where the tray slides into the mobo tray bay and not paint it at, therebye reducing paint chipping and flaking off. Besides, its area's no one's able to see anyway.
Again, learning the hard way, the amount of paint going into the stand offs resulted in paint cracking and flaking of when I installed the stand offs, as well as making them harder to install in general. On a whim, I had an idea to just plug the standoff holes with Q-tips. Simple and effective.Learning from my crappy earlier result, I was also going to do it right and lay down a coat of primer to help not only the white paint stick better, but also reduce the amount of white paint coats necassarry as the gray will lighten up the the white vs having it straight black. It works for car makers and painters, might as well follow their lead as well.
Quite a difference already, no?