I painted my cases to help them stand out. We had an incident a few years ago where a dulcimer from Dallas accidentally went home with someone to Galveston (not a case of theft, just mistaken identity--the person who took it was mortified).

Jim, maybe you should retire that case as an "art piece" and get a new one for actual use. Expensive, but a thought since you don't want to lose your stickers.


This is slightly OT, but if anyone out there has woven nylon cases, they can be painted using regular plastic-y Tulip fabric paint (the kind in squeeze bottles you get at craft stores). If you're using red or other translucent color, paint white under it to keep it from sinking in and disappearing against the nylon, especially on black cases. I've painted both my green dulcimer case and black guitar bag this way and they came out really well. You can even brush the paint to shade stuff. The paint doesn't get sticky in heat (it's meant to be washable, anyway), and stays on well as long as it's not in a place where it will get bent sharply over and over, which is usually not an issue on stiff, padded, instrument cases.