Anyone interested in a tutorial on how to paint your phone?

[alansupra94]

Is anyone interested in painting their phone a different color? I am just gathering interest before even bothering taking pictures and writing explanations.

Also I am not gonna be held responsible for stupid or retard things you do obviously....you do this at your own risk

[JQuill]

EXTREMELY interested. I want a white touch pro (i know i know, stupid stupid and pointless to risk taking it all apart). I imagine taking the phone apart and getting all the appropriate pieces painted isnt TOO TOO hard, the only thing I can imagine being dificult is getting a nice glossy and shiny finish to it, retaining the brand logos, and on a phone like the Diamond not completely screwing up the talk/hangup/home buttons that are flat and touch only and not regular push buttons

[alansupra94]

I don't plan on retaining the stock logos.....that is too much of a pain in the ***.

It is extremely easy to take apart (I did it today) and takes about 10 mins. The screws are easy to take out (using a regular star point or a small flat screw driver). I make my own tool (grinding down a flat screw driver to fit snuggly in the hole).

Painting will be the easiest part.....and I won't be paiting the keyboard or front buttons (too much of a pain in the ***....not to mention it will be a pain in the *** to paint the silver area with all the buttons and what not).

I am doing a green or red paint on the phone.....and using several clear coats with sanding in between.

[JQuill]

So I'm assuming the clear coats are what gives it the glossy finish???? Is that true? I still have my old Apache laying around from before I got my Mogul and plan on giving it to my little brother soon. I will probably paint it glossy white if possible before I give it to him.

Edit:

NOTE: The "Star Type" screwdrivers you speak of...the official name for that kind is called a T-Type. As far as size goes...the ones on the Apache are probably about a T5 or a T6...Radio Shack sells a T-Type screwdriver set for like 6 bucks.

[weedahoe]

The absolute worse color you can choose is white as you will neve be able to keep it clean. My chick has painted her phones several times with paint and glitter.

[alansupra94]

lol glitter

I think I settled on a bright green....to match the windows WM6 theme. Red would require a bit of work because I don't think there is a keyboard theme red....i kinda like green more too.

I dunno for some reason I lost my Wifi capabilities....not sure if its because the old phone was dropped from a 4 story building....but everything else works....even bluetooth.

[Keir333]

Originally Posted by JQuill

.....NOTE: The "Star Type" screwdrivers you speak of...the official name for that kind is called a T-Type. As far as size goes...the ones on the Apache are probably about a T5 or a T6...Radio Shack sells a T-Type screwdriver set for like 6 bucks.

Actually the "official name" of those are Torx wrenches. The "T" in a "T5" of "T6" stands for Torx

[alansupra94]

You can easily take them out with a screwdriver....i just used my bench grinder to get it the perfect size.

As for the wifi, I dunno what happened but I swapped in my old parts and now that one works okay

[jabu]

Disassembling the Apache isn't difficult. Doing it without f-ing up the volume slider or lcd is.

[weedahoe]

Yeah Jabu, dont you have some personal experience there?