A $1.48 goes a long way... Black Battery Cover! - Page 49

510jungleboy · #**481** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by saumaun

Jeez! How is your battery cover so damaged?!

I tried to change the color to chrome , but the paint peeled off and also it peeles the original stock color too. Thats the bare look of a TP battery cover with those flakes. I guess you can say they were made from recycle plastic.

510jungleboy · #**482** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TreyBeno

Actually why is ur texture kind of like cobble stones?

The cobble stone look is the naked TP battery cover without any color unfinished.

mtnmedic · #**483** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by saumaun

Good point... and what are those specs on the glass? Is that from the dying process?

You're talking about the clear plastic lens cover, right? The specks are just tiny dings from wear (setting the phone on hard flat surfaces). The dying didn't affect the clear lens cover in any way shape or form. As discussed earlier, it's a different composition that the main cover material thus unaffected by the dyeing process.

**D/\SH** · #**484** (**permalink**) 12-16-2008, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by opuscroakus

What did you use to mask it off? I would be afraid of using tape because the water/dye plus the heat could easily remove the glue from the tape.

i used pinstriping from HME firetrucks since i used to paint them :>

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Originally Posted by hempy

What's with the Diamond screen protector?

its not its the stock plastic... it just disconnected from the buttons.... this is a phone a customer got for 20 bucks through a raflle at SPJ that always has one going:>

jasplay · #**485** (**permalink**) 12-17-2008, 12:27 PM

WHAT IS BUFFING?
HOW DO YOU BUFF?
AND ALSO WHAT ARE THE TOOLS TO BUFF??
thx much ...

**LilRico** · #**486** (**permalink**) 12-17-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TreyBeno

What color are u trying to make?

A nice blue... I tried Navy Blue and that was way too dark!

**InvincibleLiving** · #**487** (**permalink**) 12-17-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jasplay

WHAT IS BUFFING?
HOW DO YOU BUFF?
AND ALSO WHAT ARE THE TOOLS TO BUFF??
thx much ...

just take a cloth and rub the surface of the cover to remove any shiny buildup or scratches... after doing this it will look just like it originally did except with the new color you've dyed it to.

I used a black pair of jeans: I put the jeans on, then rubbed the cover back and forth on the jeans until it looked the way i wanted it to.

best of luck

thank me lol

mtnmedic · #**488** (**permalink**) 12-17-2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jasplay

WHAT IS BUFFING?
HOW DO YOU BUFF?
AND ALSO WHAT ARE THE TOOLS TO BUFF??
thx much ...

Think of polishing wax on your car and buffing out some scratches. That's the same thing here. Not too hard, but certainly not too lightly. I used an old, soft terry T-shirt which worked wonderfully. Just work on it until the little scratches, lines, etc. disappear and you have a nice, smooth finish.

**InvincibleLiving** · #**489** (**permalink**) 12-17-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mtnmedic

Think of polishing wax on your car and buffing out some scratches. That's the same thing here. Not too hard, but certainly not too lightly. I used an old, soft terry T-shirt which worked wonderfully. Just work on it until the little scratches, lines, etc. disappear and you have a nice, smooth finish.

Bingo...

TreyBeno · #**490** (**permalink**) 12-17-2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LilRico

A nice blue... I tried Navy Blue and that was way too dark!

Use RIT evening blue. Half a pack in a medium size pot for about 5 minutes = perfect blues