A $1.48 goes a long way... Black Battery Cover! - Page 64

LLCoolWas · #**631** (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 02:31 AM

thank you so much for this. i used the Scarlet powder, came out perfect. no shrinkage at all, no prob with the lens cover, just beautiful. i just one-up'd my cousin with this one, and so he is going navy blue or black tomorrow.

pics: (mind you they look wayyyyyyy better in person)

liemydude · #**632** (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 11:06 PM

Hook 'em =)

***edit***
These are pics of my cover prior to buffing/polishing

It looks awesome IMHO.

**Merdinh** · #**633** (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 11:41 PM

WOW this thread has come a long way haha, my cover is still as brand new since the first day of this thread.

ng12345 · #**634** (**permalink**) 01-12-2009, 02:35 AM

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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"

Just started reading this thread in the hopes of dying my own;

found your post with some directions:
A $1.48 goes a long way... Black Battery Cover! - Page 45 - PPCGeeks

a page or two before that you posted a pic of the different colors
edit: found it (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...8&d=1228064177)

i'll be visiting some sprint stores tomorrow to try and get some spare covers; though if anyone is selling them here or knows of a site to buy them; plz let me know! also -- i would love to get my hands on a gsm style back that works with the sprint phones

SouthStar019 · #**635** (**permalink**) 01-12-2009, 03:23 AM

mine started to crack. have to find a new one. hopefully a new one walks into our service and repair store.

**[sammich]** · #**636** (**permalink**) 01-12-2009, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liemydude

Hook 'em =)

***edit***
These are pics of my cover prior to buffing/polishing

It looks awesome IMHO.

Now THAT's awesome! Personally I prefer Gig' em, but... I applied to UT as well, so there's no harm in that

gman_79 · #**637** (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 01:47 PM

Sweet! It's nice to know that the rubberized finish will take in color from the rit dye. My only caution would be deforming the plastic in the hot water as some plastics deform easily. Anyone run into issues with that? Looks like it turned out awesome from the pix.

u8myfoood · #**638** (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 02:06 PM

Word of caution, if you are like me and happen to work in a glasses store and have access to lens dye (the ones that they use to turn clear lenses into sunglasses) first apply 2 layers of scotch tape to the clear plastic strip area on both sides. These are probably more "industrial version" of dyes, so the scotch tape will absorb the dye rather than the clear camera holes. But the good thing is that these dyes will not ruin the texture of the plastic, so no need to buff.

**Darkness231** · #**639** (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gman_79

Sweet! It's nice to know that the rubberized finish will take in color from the rit dye. My only caution would be deforming the plastic in the hot water as some plastics deform easily. Anyone run into issues with that? Looks like it turned out awesome from the pix.

Yeah, my cover shrunk quite a bit. When I went to put it on the phone, I thought there was no way it would go back on. But it snapped in place and is a very tight fit. It also eliminated the creaking noise from the batter cover.

**[sammich]** · #**640** (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 04:20 PM

As far as shrinkage goes, mine did nothing. I was hoping for a slight shrink for the battery cover creaking, but the painter's tape trick is working fine.