Guest nytehawk2002 Posted November 1, 2003 Report Posted November 1, 2003 Well I finally decided I didn't like the silver look of the SPV. And opted for high gloss black. While taking the unit apart and following the directions on this and other sites, I find a few "unmentioned" items. There's a rubber stopper under the battery around the serial # plate. Removing this almost makes the job a breeze. All it took was a toothpick and a little scoop technique. Then I was able to crack the case at the bottom edge, slide a credit card around the whole outside and voila the case was now open. We removed all of the components from the inside of the case, and did 3 coats on the outside. My friend is kind of a paint hobbist, so he helped me tape it off and he did the painting. I think it's going to look good in the morning. I just wish I could replace the buttons...
Guest ranzz Posted November 1, 2003 Report Posted November 1, 2003 The rubber stopper is indeed a step to success... problem is (and this just happened to me) is when a part of it (the upper part) falls underneath the clip, and now I have no way of taking it out, and the faceplate won't come off in that part!!! what can I do??
Guest nytehawk2002 Posted November 1, 2003 Report Posted November 1, 2003 I used a fine toothpick to scoop it out and it worked... if it fell in the phone then that's a tough call. It's the morning after the bath. I got it re-assembled correctly but the case is sticky to the touch. Perhaps I need to clear coat it now. I'll see what's out there to fix this. I did a black and chrome theme identical to another one I saw on here. It really looks great. Now if I can just get it the "wet" look.
Guest DaJoker Posted November 2, 2003 Report Posted November 2, 2003 If the case still feels a little tacky it means that the paint has not fully dried yet. Give it a little more time to dry before handling it too much.
Guest nytehawk2002 Posted November 2, 2003 Report Posted November 2, 2003 It's been two days now and the paint still feels tacky. I've had to use the phone and it's not a pretty sight. The paint is just sloughing off the phone and it's returning to it's original color, piece by piece. This little experiment was an obvious failure. When most of the phone is clean I'll re-do this. Maybe this time I'll primer and everything, do it up like a pro. I guess the saying is true.. if you don't do it right the first time you'll end up doing it again.
Guest moomoomoo Posted November 3, 2003 Report Posted November 3, 2003 unlucky mate. same happened to me. If you want to take the paint off, try nail varnish remover and a good finger nail. You should be able to restore the phones silver former glory... or something.
Guest FrankyG Posted November 4, 2003 Report Posted November 4, 2003 Best bet is too get yourself a dummy SPV from ebay, I did and now my painted phone looks brand new again. I'm now stripping the paint from the old cover, going to redo it this time with more care and a final seal or laquer coat. I used turpentine substitute to soften the paint, then a blade drawn accross the flat surfaces, combined with fingernail!
Guest nytehawk2002 Posted November 4, 2003 Report Posted November 4, 2003 Well.. without balls there'd be no glory.... I took some Acetone to the battery to test how it would remove the paint. It took off my botched job rather well.. leaving the baked on original finish in tact. So I finished stripping the phone with only one or two spots where the Acetone won't take off the bad job.. probaby because there was a nick in the plastic there and the paint actually soaked in. So I'm back to the silver finish. It looks fine. So until I can get some primer for it, I think I'm done for now. Dummy SPV's? I haven't seen that on e-bay yet. I'll have to look.
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