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

[[sammich]]

Excellent writeup darkness! Now, is that picture of your polisher before or after you used it on the dyed cover?

[JAMRZ69]

I finally got up the nerve to dye my touch pro back and was very happy with the end result,now i have a nice black battery cover.

[Darkness231]

Originally Posted by saumaun

Excellent writeup darkness! Now, is that picture of your polisher before or after you used it on the dyed cover?

After. only a little bit came off. I used WAY to much dye though. So much that it was clumping up.

Here's what I'm starting to observe...

I used the liquid dye and ended up having a hard time getting it to go black.

People using the powder end up with black no matter what.

So... let's see:

Powdered dye:
+Shorter dye time
+Great for dark colors
-Requires buffing

Liquid dye:
+Light colors are easier to hit
+No buffing required
-Long soak time with extra heat
-Hard to get pure black

[TreyBeno]

Originally Posted by Darkness231

Here is my adventure when trying to do this.

I tried to do Royal Blue like platin465. But it came out as a light purplish color. I did not like that so I out the dye back on the stove at 2-3. and added a bit more dye. (I was using the powdered dye). After 10-15 more minutes with the stove on it adsorbed all the dye that it could. I also noticed dye clumping around the lenses. I used more dye that the water could dissolve. Should have used the liquid, because I cannot follow directions.

The reason why u couldnt get royal blue is bcuz u used navy blue which is too dark. U cant even really use royal blue to get royal blue. Evening blue is what u needed to get a vibrant blue. I made a huge post about what colors are really needed and the correct dye ratios a while ago. Ill have to find it plus my other posts with pics. All my colors came out like what i needed and i now have 10 different colors and 2 more "blanks"

[[sammich]]

Originally Posted by Darkness231

After. only a little bit came off. I used WAY to much dye though. So much that it was clumping up.

Excellent! I'm impressed that not much came off. Hopefully sweaty hands won't speed it up =]

[SkunkApe]

as darkness mentioned... using enough dye will dye both sides. i ended up using the whole package, thinking that it would only die the outside, but it def. dyed both sides. looked great.

[Darkness231]

Originally Posted by TreyBeno

The reason why u couldnt get royal blue is bcuz u used navy blue which is too dark. U cant even really use royal blue to get royal blue. Evening blue is what u needed to get a vibrant blue. I made a huge post about what colors are really needed and the correct dye ratios a while ago. Ill have to find it plus my other posts with pics. All my colors came out like what i needed and i now have 10 different colors and 2 more "blanks"

Well that makes sense, since I started out with a goldish color. There was only two colors of blue at the walmart by my house. I opted for the darker one. Not even sure if they had royal blue. Oh well. Maybe ill see if the sprint store has any spare battery covers and try again.

[platin465]

Originally Posted by clami

Ok so i did the Scarlet color and used some tape and heres what i got



And another View

Man, that scarlet looks great! I'm going to have to buy that color once I can get another battery cover.

[bboyneko]

I just bought the seidio extended battery plus cover (2,000 mah) and the cover comes black. The touch pro definitely looks better with a black cover thats for sure.