Guide to Painting Your SPV

[Guest James]

yes its matt.. its very nice thanks. would not want to do gloss as it would look cheap

[Guest Martin@Home]

Cant believe you still have the camper van homescreen though ! :shock:

[Guest James]

thats what you get with the old hard reset! just cant be bothered to change it AGAIN! might do today.... any suggestions? dont want all that fancy stuff again as i foot use the menus on the homescreens.

[Guest Vector]

I'd say Reload by midnight/RichieM is the best homescreen available at the moment :lol:

How long did it take to do the whole job ?

Is that mark by the Orange label a product of taking the phone apart ?

[Guest James]

it took 40 mins from start to finish with no instructions. that mark is a war wound from a saturday night out...

[Guest James]

also.. i made a discovery about dust on the screen... it sticks on there because the surface is not flat! its made of loads of tiny prisums running across the screen

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

James that's the best paint job so far, nice one :lol:

[Guest James]

cheers mate! all the guys here all think it looks really professional, and they did not believe i did it. two of them have also said it looks much less bulky.

the secret is the prep and paint.

Prep with FE10 solvent to remove sh**.

Paint with RS Matt black 496-782 (three thin coates)

[Guest FrankyG]

Just to mention to anyone wanting to take the SPV apart;

I wouldn't recommend sticking a small driver into the gap where the SIM holder is, it just feels as if it's about to break when you start to exert some pressure. I just started at the top of the phone, got my nail under the cover and then inserted a credit card into the gap. Worked my way down one side easily, back up the top and down the other side. There is a little clip that's visible when the battery is off (covered with small rubber seal), that's where I finished up. Once that was unclipped, it was simply a matter of prying the bottom apart with my nail and the cover came off easily. It never at any point felt as if I was about to break anything, which I'm normally good at :roll: . All in, it took about 15 mins to get everything apart. Oh, and don't expect to use that credit card again, it does damage the edges a little, depends on how much force you have to use I suppose.

I'll post pics of the finished article, 1st coat of paint goes on this afternoon.

FrankyG

[Guest WestleyJC]

The site dosent work no more Andy :o

Do I need to scratch my paint off first or am I ok to just paint over the top of it?????

If I need to scratch it off how do I do it?

I dont suppose any of you kind people out there still have a copy of Andys guide do you, please please pretty please :)

[Guest cpt_andy]

Moved here.

I would also add that since writing that guide, I have re-done my phone and used a clear varnish on top of the paint, something which I would stongly recommend doing. Also, try reading through some of the posts here from other people who have done it, as there are some good tips.

Cpt. Andy