Alternative to Tinting batt cover. - Page 6

Exil3d · #51 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultima

Wow dude. You ****ed it up so bad I thought it was a joke at first! Sorry about your loss. Hope you get a new cover real soon, tape sucks.

Yeah!!!!!!!! Found a store. I called a same store I called yesterday by mistake. But thbis time another guy answered and said to come in and pick it up. He said he will remove it from a new box and to not worry. Nice guy.

henbone11 · #52 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 08:52 PM

lmao thats messed up. at any rate, I dyed mine black and my gf's purple. we love them. turned out perfect and dont bleed at all. I handle my phone about 2 hours a day and my gf about the same. not sure what everyone is doing to make their dye run, but mine doesnt. im not sure I like the shiney look that clear coat creates.

Indie · #53 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 12:06 AM

First attempt didn't go so well, I think I put to much on cause bubbles started to form in the shape of cracks, if that makes sense. Anyways, I scraped it all off, and it was even lifting up the original gray paint from the cover as well. I'm gonna keep the cover I messed up on, sand it down to it's base plastic form and give it another go tomorrow.

Exil3d · #54 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 12:49 AM

Do me a big favor and post a picture. I have seen almost all paint anomalies.Chances are that I can id your problem. Please post a pic before you strip it down.

Exil3d · #55 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 12:51 AM

Oh wzit. you stripped it already. If it bubled then you has some oil contamination on the surface. Or a bad reaction on the paint by mixing 2 types of different paints.

gxip · #56 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Exil3d

HAHA! No more Pro pr0n. Anyways...... I must say.. I hope the paint dont come off cuz it looks really good. Anyways.. my GF said to do the same to hers and this is how it turned out.

I tried to have it dry faster by putting it the over at a very low temp for 10 minutes like I did on mines.

But I ramped up the over to Broil and forget to set it back down to simmer.

I meessed up big time.

Does anyone know where I can get a replacement cover?

I called all the near by sprint stores and none have it and they dont know where to order one. WTF!

Its my fault.. and I wanna buy another one.

Wow.... can you say

..... lol, good luck and nicely done with the paint looks awesome.

coolwhip1220 · #57 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Exil3d

Where di you get extra covers? I am looking everywhere and no one has them. For the time being I have done this......... and heres a pic of the can of paint that I used.

I love that even though you taped it all up, you made sure you cut around the lens so you could still take pictures....Now that is a true PPCGeek!

Indie · #58 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Exil3d

Oh wzit. you stripped it already. If it bubled then you has some oil contamination on the surface. Or a bad reaction on the paint by mixing 2 types of different paints.

I suspect it was that latter. I used gloves like suggested. The crack shape bubbles, formed mostly around the edges of the cover and the edges of the camera cover in the middle. When I scraped the bubble sections off, the enamel did stick to it underneath, so I supsect there shouldn't be a problem putting it right onto the plastic base. Sanding it down and trying again should work just fine, I'll give it a go later tonight and post results, or failures, again.

Exil3d · #59 (**permalink**) 02-22-2009, 12:43 PM

Hey, anyways... my 3rd attemp at a yellow brown usedbattery cover I got I tried a different method. I decided to just wash the cover and spray it with clear. I skipped the scuffing part. Scuffing is so the paint sticks better. SO anyways. I gave it about 8 thin coatsand 1 final thinck coat. All withing a 1 and 20 minutes. I let it dry for 2 days since it was a thinker coat. I finally was able to handle it and since it was a think coat it did not need no wet sanding. It was all nice and smooth. SO anyways, Iused it on my pro all day and by the end of the day I notice the clear coat was soft and not hard. This means I put too much coats and not enought curing time. SO anyways, since it was still soft it ended up getting nicks and dips and finger sprints. SO I decided to see it it peels off easier since I did not scuff it. Well.... I was able to lift a corner a bit and it peels off completely without much effort. So after I peels off the whole clear coat I noticed that the bit of peeled off clear paint was a bit yellow, and not totally clear.Then I noticed the battery cover was very silvery not lost all the yellow brown color it had due to regular use.So its was a bit weird. Looke like some chemistry happened. Now I have a used battery cover almost totally silver again. There was another thread where ppl were asking how to get red of the yellow brown color the battery cover get after a months use. Everyone said soap and water dont work and theres no solution. Well..... there is. Paint it clear and let it dry and peel the clear off and its silver again. LOL. I know its not worth the time but its a nice fact to know.