Hello ;
My BA is almost 3 years old now ...(luv it )
The problem is that its got a lot of scratches on the front cover and the keyboard side line too...and i was wondering if anyone has painted his BA before and how to do it...
Cause i found a apage for SPARY PAINT PDA but not the BA check it out it really looks Nice http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Spray-Paint-Your-PDA/
Can we do this To our Lovely BA ?
Please check it and Tell me
Thank You
It's not impossible...the only thing you need is to open Blue Angle's case and choose which part you want to paint...and paint it
Did the process little wrong.
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Um... I was wrong, I did the whole process again. Important thing to remember is that you MUST clean surface(before applying paint) with something like alcohol, but destilated alcohol or something, i used deodorant witch has very large persentage of alcohol. Second most important thing is that you have to apply at least 2 layers of paint. Oh and to mention you have to leave it to stay at least for 2 hours.
Hope this helps.
i also want to paint mine...problem is
when i'm looking at how to disassemble blue angel..i got cold feet...i'm not sure i can re-assemble it back and i'm too afraid to screwed my ba...
if anyone have done it...plz post some picture so we can enjoy it as well
broken ba
my brother has a BA but...
because of an idiot that tried to disassembly brokes the little slider things that makes stronger, be so care with that blue angel is so nice but delicated in that specific place.
if you need a new vision of how to paint it, tools, process serch in google ´tutorial para desmontar y pintar qtek 9100´
this ismy qtek 9100 wizard, is refreshing have a nice cover at own work.
good luck.
i wanted to try spraying my BA with metallic black coating. but i dont know where to get a good and durable spray , most of the spray will fall due to touching it too often..
get some clearcoat over the top. it will 'seal' the paint and protect just remember the more layers you do of each the better lots of thin layers build up and become stronger and less flaking of paint...
if someone does it succesfully let us know pls
mrtaran said:
if someone does it succesfully let us know pls
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i am doing it in process.. buying a black metallic spray tml.. will try without the clear coat seal.. then will see whats the difference
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1705204#post1705204 Here u go.. i wanted to do the face plate too but i need to find a better spray
Nice Job Man...i ll try it with Blue Color
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I'm wondering if anyone has considered modding the housing on their Wizard to change the colour, etc?
I've been looking at using Plasti-Kote to spray my housing black. They reckon it adheres to most surfaces including plastic (although maybe not pre-painted plastic). I'm not quite sure how smooth the finish will be. (If I fubar it I can buy a new housing for £40, although the missus wasn't impressed when I said so.)
If anyone else has done this, considered doing it, or has any other case mod ideas, let's hear about it!
Search for the thread for 'white wizard' pimp. that's nice.
Thanks for the pointer. Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286863
That's pretty sweet. I'll take on board the advice to sand the housing first. I wondered if I'd just be able to paint directly over the top.
I think I would take my device apart too so I didn't have to worry about dust and paint getting somewhere it shouldn't.
Something else you could do and that I bet would look AWESOME would be to see if you could get it powder coated. I know there is a little shop up the road a few miles that has told me they would powder coat something in whatever color I wanted. Could allow for some interesting finishes. I'm picturing maybe some sort of glossy metallic finish or something.
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Something else you could do and that I bet would look AWESOME would be to see if you could get it powder coated. I know there is a little shop up the road a few miles that has told me they would powder coat something in whatever color I wanted. Could allow for some interesting finishes. I'm picturing maybe some sort of glossy metallic finish or something.
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I am not familiar with powder coat. It looks like an interesting technique. According to this website you have to statically charge the item then bake the paint on?
I had also considered black with silver specks but ended up going for solid black in the end. (Maybe next time!)
* You can see my black wizard case mod here.
Usually when I buy RC car bodies they are Clear, you paint the inside to prevent scratching the paint, and it always looks great! Well I found this plastic case HERE Heck I am gonna order a couple and try a few different colors!!
I'd like a white wizard that's real glossy. I'd like the buttons to be white too, but I still want the buttons to display the letters and symbols. also i'm afraid the backlight wouldn't show through the keyboard. I think I have a delima huh?
You can use oven cleaner to strip the paint, just be sure to not leave it on very long or it will cause the top layer of plastic to shrink and crack. I haven't had to strip paint from plastic in a few years but I think it was about 30-40 minutes of soaking.
Regarding the powder coating, the piece to be coated is pretty much always metal because it must be baked in an oven.
Powder Coating wont work on plastic. It will just melt it within a few seconds of baking.
I just bought a wizard on ebay and also a separate case for it. My plan is to sand down the separate case and paint it with a matte black paint, I want to make it look like my macbook.
Yes so easy
See my Signature link PIMP My wizard and please post your jobs it will be nice see other jobs!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427786
can someone help to open wizard's case with picture? all i can see 2 screws behind it which one of them is under stylus
I have a Wizard service manual but I can's seem to get it uploaded. If you know of another way to get it to you I will gladly send it along.
MDA or 8125 style?
On my signature see PIMP My Wizard link...???? it has a picture tutorial download it and check your screws maybe it shows right but,..... is for the Qtek 9100 or MDA Vario t-mobile design device.
Service manual:
http://rapidshare.com/files/164116696/HTC_Prodigy_Wizard-Service-Manual.pdf
After reading this and after having repaired my Wiz (came with a cracked screen to begin with) I'm going to take part of my next week (good to have vacation after all....) and use it to mod my Wizard's case. Well, hopefully if everything goes well, you'll see a pimped out Mod B_Edwa style here in a week...
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Something else you could do and that I bet would look AWESOME would be to see if you could get it powder coated. I know there is a little shop up the road a few miles that has told me they would powder coat something in whatever color I wanted. Could allow for some interesting finishes. I'm picturing maybe some sort of glossy metallic finish or something.
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that is very good!!!
This is how it looks like after being paint.
Sorry i took the whole process on how to do it but accidentally deleted the whole folder from my digicam so i only post how it looks like after its being spray painted.
steps ->
1) Buy a spray paint of your choice (buy a model spray for toys its better)(i regreted buying decoration spray)
2) Disassemble the BA, guide could be found on BA's wiki.
3) To dismantle the sliding plates, just pull out the 2 white studs seen on both lower end of the slides. Then slide the upper plate out leaving the plate with keyboard only.
4) Strip the keyboard from the plate, the keyboard is sticked to the plate by some tape. Becareful, dont rip the keyboard ribbon.
5) Use light duty tape to cover the area which u dont want to get it painted. Example-> slider area, connectors, teflon(for smooth slides, got a couple of white ones and few black ones.)
6) Spray the plate slowly around 4 times, each very thin coat. (Leaving to dry 10mins every intervals. For total dry, leave for 2 hours)
7) Assemble the BA together again.
There u go.. arh.. i wish i had not delete the pics.. DAMN~ my effort all gone.. sorry again for no pics.
Looks nice ! Great work.
A few questions: did you applied any varnish ? why is the keyboard (not the keys itself) not painted ? Your choice or not possible ?
JP
JPBRA said:
Looks nice ! Great work.
A few questions: did you applied any varnish ? why is the keyboard (not the keys itself) not painted ? Your choice or not possible ?
JP
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I did not apply varnish, my main concern is not to damage the material (sometimes varnish is nasty). The Keyboard is a whole with the key, its like a full piece of plastic when you ripped them out, i guess it looks ugly if you painted the keyboard.. lol.. so i decided to leave the keyboard a whole to contrast the smokey black at the background.
BTW : i try to paint my O2 mini, i put some stars stickers on the casing be4 painting and peel them off after that.. it looks damn great!!
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Looks nice ! Great work.
JP
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are you blind ?
It Looks like it was and painted
Ok... nice try, but "graet job"
hahahaha ,the same work .
Does anybody has saw mine?
Nice job i love the design on that black testure on aluminium? whats that I want it!!!
BTW check my thread nice Tutorial for this is there.
Chjeck my signature on !PIMP My BlueAngel!
I was thinking the same thing about doing an paint job on it. Really would love an other cover color for my BA.
Not that it looks bad, because there's not a single scratch on it.
But, well you know, the style is kind of getting old.
Just a flat and black/dark gray look would be nice.
May some of that black rubber paint would do the trick. Gonna check that out and let you know.
im so glad mine is a o2 blue angel cos its a really dark grey and black
p.s. felt tip DOES NOT WORK- just gets your hands smudgy lol
These O2 covers are still availiable for sale. Google it. Prices vary from 20€ TO 50€ for an complete makeover.
wooow, Nice
I was looking at these and the RA (red angel) pictures.. thinking of doing something similar with some pine coloured sticky back palstic i have wood effect anyone..lol
looks like you dont use any primers before you paint it..
but great job..hope it will bond for a long time..
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I was looking at these and the RA (red angel) pictures.. thinking of doing something similar with some pine coloured sticky back palstic i have wood effect anyone..lol
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have you heard gmask or the cellfon skinning?
R U still using it?
How does new paint hold up???
what is the best paint to apply on him?
Hey all,
I currently have the white SGS2 which I completely love. I don't like using a case due to the size and so far other than one tiny scratch on the screen I've only ran into one problem. The chrome colored border on the front face of the phone is chipping in all four corners. Wondering if anyone knows and good ways to touch this up? It could be as simple as model paint or something, I don't know. Just wanted to ask any advice you guys would have for a problem like this, want to keep it looking sharp. Any opinions welcome, sorry for the odd question. Thanks!
Probs work out cheaper to buy a new shell then it would to prep, prime and paint.
use a black marker ,it makes the chipped paint hardly visible.i think its the best if u dont use a case ...but still for some protection use a tansparent gel case..ur device is white so its very thin case an ull enjoy ur white color too....
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use a black marker ,it makes the chipped paint hardly visible.i think its the best if u dont use a case ...but still for some protection use a tansparent gel case..ur device is white so its very thin case an ull enjoy ur white color too....
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I don't understand? Black marker on chrome?
rush381 said:
I don't understand? Black marker on chrome?
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He probably didn't read your post.
You can't really paint chrome, not at home anyway.
annuvva solution
have you gotta m8 who does car wheel scrape fixes they do wonders with chrome paint or summit similar i think any spraywork shop mite help you out forra fiver orso
ok all,
i really dinged the case on my titan so got a nice fresh one from ebay for christmas. looking at all the lovely colour phones that htc is currently producing got me thinking..... so i lightly sanded out the dings, gave the whole case a little rub over, attached it to a coat hanger and covered over the antennae contacts with tape. 8 or 9 light coats of metallic red car paint from halfords and the case looks fantastic. the worst ding is just about visble but the rest is good as new, if not better! just going to let it dry for 24 hours now and then test it for signal etc. i'm hoping the metallic paint won't affect things too much because it looks great couple of early pics attached. will post some more when it's dry and i can put the phone in it...
si
looks nice!
I wonder if car paint would hold up and not chip away after being exposed for awhile? Anybody have any thoughts on this...as I might try this as well.
I'm planning a few coats of clear lacquer next, hopefully that will give it a bit more strength...
Looks great, Well done, The lacquer should help :fingers-crossed:
Please post some pics when its all finished.
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I'm planning a few coats of clear lacquer next, hopefully that will give it a bit more strength...
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Excellent!
xconomicron said:
looks nice!
I wonder if car paint would hold up and not chip away after being exposed for awhile? Anybody have any thoughts on this...as I might try this as well.
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If you carefully sand whatever it is you're using it will provide a way for what you are to use to stick; I realize this isn't the same but I do this with PVC; otherwise there's nothing for the paint to "grip" to; think of it as why road pavers scrape the grooves in the old road before applying the new asphalt down; same thing.
Looks great, congratulations !
I was looking for idea for my Titan, maybe I will try in metalic blue
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If you carefully sand whatever it is you're using it will provide a way for what you are to use to stick; I realize this isn't the same but I do this with PVC; otherwise there's nothing for the paint to "grip" to; think of it as why road pavers scrape the grooves in the old road before applying the new asphalt down; same thing.
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interesting...thanks for the info! I will probably do a custom paint job later on down the road.
who said candy?
Hi everyone I was looking around for people who do custom paint check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41057186#post41057186:silly:
Hello everyone,
As the title suggests I wanna make a little modification on my Samsung Galaxy Alpha. Since I got a new spare rear battery cover around I decided to take the already stock and used one and repaint it. So, I masked the rear of the cover and removed the rear "SAMSUNG" badge carefully letter by letter.
The problem is I'm not sure how to do it and what paint to use so not to lose the "stock texture" completely. How to remove the current paint? What kind of preparation should I do and what paint I should use?
The current stock color of the cover is black but I will probably paint it bright yellow and the "SAMSUNG" badge black (gloss or matte). The cover has a weird rubberized feel and I've no idea what to do to make it look cool with the new paint and not to destroy the texture. I already got a yellow enamel paint but no idea if it will work and how many coats it will take to change from black to yellow.
HELP! Thanks!
Why would you even do that?
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Why would you even do that?
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Well probably I'd never make use of the spare cover I have, so I decided to turn it into something interesting. It's a little mod for making it "unique" without taking any risk. (it's just a cover) But anyway, I need some help here.
I found some acrylic enamels that seem suitable. Probably because the surface is matte style I will have to use matte yellow instead of gloss. The thing is how to break a little bit the old paint since sandpaper would obviously damage the texture. Maybe alcohol or aceton?
Thanks
SGAlpha said:
Well probably I'd never make use of the spare cover I have, so I decided to turn it into something interesting. It's a little mod for making it "unique" without taking any risk. (it's just a cover) But anyway, I need some help here.
I found some acrylic enamels that seem suitable. Probably because the surface is matte style I will have to use matte yellow instead of gloss. The thing is how to break a little bit the old paint since sandpaper would obviously damage the texture. Maybe alcohol or aceton?
Thanks
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100% Alcohol.
Or you can try a hairblower, the thing to dry hair.
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Think this question can be better answer in other forum, I trying my best to answer:
A) Try your paint on the back of the cover given they are of same material
B) I am not sure what masking paper you use but I will rather use those for scale models which works best to avoid paint bleed.