Paint chip repair on Trinity?

[alvinsiow]

Any remedy for paint chip repair kit on the Trinity casing?

Mine is chip at the reset hole at the bottom of the unit.

[CLB]

Mine was looking pretty rough. Being generally of the voided warranty persuasion I decided to fix it myself.

Under the paint is a *thin* layer of metallization. Under the metallization is dark brown plastic.
First, I took the phone apart.
Next, I wet sanded the paint and metallization off with 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper.
Following that I rubbed the case down with ultrafine automotive buffing compound.
Then I used an ultrasonic cleaner to remove the buffing compound residue.
Finally reassemble and viola!

No paint = no chips!

http://www.hevanet.com/clb/phone.jpg

A less invasive approach for those of the warranty appreciative persuasion would be to take a pencil eraser and remove any metallization exposed by chipped paint. It comes off pretty quickly and the base plastic isn't too bad a match for the paint.

[FuzzMunky]

Genius!

Please could you explain a step by step process of taking the phone apart without breaking any of those black tabs that i usually break from over stressing part of the casing of such things in the wrong area. Or when you refer to breaking the warranty you are meaning also the "void if removed" sticker over the screw hole... and that once the screws are out it will fall apart quite easily.

Hmmmm. Thinking about the finality of this makes me worried.

My Trinity is looking pretty awful at the moment. Half of one side is peeled off to the silver, with unmovable traces of black which (thanks to your explanation) I now understand is underneath the silver.

Is there any chance you could take a couple more photos in daylight just out of curiosity to see your finish from different angles? Thanks in advance.

[Nadavi]

Can you also put some more pictures of your unit in this condition???

Nadavi

[alvinsiow]

what i did now is to use a black permanent maker to mask out the slight paint chip area.

i am however very interested to know about CLB's method.

[Benzin]

CLB seems to be an artist.

For those of you more "quick fix" type, I advise using Black Nail Polish by H&M (Hennes & Mauritz). This, not because of the quality but the price: 3.90€.

My Trin looks pretty nice for the moment. I do not discard a permanent solution like CLB's in the next future.