New Color for the Trinity and an How to guide (Picture inside!)

[Nadavi]

a Friend of mine did this:

1. Painted the Peeling trinity with a unique Car Metal color!

The results:
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465053c01302aa50.jpg

see more here:
http://www.pocketpcfreak.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Himalaya;action=display;num=1179667 874

Enjoy!

Nadavi

[tribal27]

That's very cool :eek:

[djredtiger]

looks really nice! but where is the relationship between the color and wm6?

[jjplayground]

Please give us a step by step manual or tutorial!

[mentox]

Ohhh yes!
And please in English :)

[Bushwacka]

awesome. please post a tutorial in english cause im sick of the peeling problem and thats the answer!

[JeRoMe_aKa_JaY]

@Nadavi :
Whoa, nice device now !!!!

Could you make a little tutorial with pics to explain how to open trinity without issues please ?

[Nadavi]

Youll need Gray/Silver (any) Color - the same color they use to paint cars - to use with the air brush
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049ca614f5f161.jpg

youll need special 50% nail polish \ 50% coagulable stuff (get at your local carpenter) not regular nail polish - to use after you paint to keep it from peeling
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049ca614f5f162.jpg

An Airebrush, (used to paint on cars, walls , etc... very gentle tip)
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049ca614f5f163.jpg

Air Compressor:
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049db61cd4f581.jpg

to be continued...

[Nadavi]

of course to dissasmble your trinity, it's 4 screws not very hard to do:
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049db61cd4f582.jpg

Work space:
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049db61cd4f583.jpg
Protect the parts that are not going to be painted:
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049f2623514c22.jpg
Important: before you start painting you must scratch the current black color first, with grinding paper\Sand paper - very gentle one. it is the hardest part to do, so do this very gently.

Some results!!:

http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049f2623514c23.jpg
to be continued:...

[Nadavi]

http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465051dd0b4b59c8.jpg

http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465052f4101929dd1.jpg
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465052f4101929dd3.jpg
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465053c01302aa50.jpg

it took my friend about 11 hours to do this....

Enjoy.

Nadavi

[Toxic17]

did you use a plastic primer before painting?

[Nadavi]

did you use a plastic primer before painting?

What is plastic primer?

[jjplayground]

Excellent tutorial !

[man2003]

Excellent tutorial

[mentox]

Flawless :)

[Bushwacka]

Are there pictures concerning how to remove the inside of the phone? I mean how to get the buttons and the scrollwheel out of the frame. Some pictures of the inside after it had been taken out would be great.

[jack_ass]

hi.
the trinity and pictures are mine (im the "friend" of nadav) and i've just finished painting another trinity but now i did it in black.

http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/4652f9210bc0e76e1.jpg

http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465306d84cc62ac5.jpg

its look like the original color /

[Bushwacka]

thanks for the pics. i guess the warranty is lost if i remove the 4 screws, right?

[jack_ass]

do you really think i will do all this work without taking care of the warrenty label :)

for all they know i've done it externally with black paint and a brush.
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/4653246e5a3a00fe.jpg

[Bushwacka]

well but how did you remove the void-sticker without breaking it? or do you have some void-stickers in your stock :)

[Toxic17]

Plastic primer bonds the paint to any plastic. just like color coded bumpers on your car. without it paint will flake from plastic.

[Heijdemann]

well but how did you remove the void-sticker without breaking it? or do you have some void-stickers in your stock :)


Very Easy use a hairdryer to warmed up after that take a needle and peel of carefully the sticker after your finish what you have to do put it back the glue it still working and the sticker is no damaged.

[mentox]

How did you use the special 50% nail polish \ 50% coagulable stuff ?
Did you airbrush it ? Or used a regular brush ? What about the plastic part with the usb port ? Sand paper it too ?

[Nadavi]

First you scratch the plastic (also the USB port plastic part)
then you paint with airbrush (the color is already with the congeal stuff inside)
after it dries you nail polish it.

Nadavi.

[mentox]

Ok, now how do you disassemble the unit after you took off the screws ?
I found 5 of them.

[Bushwacka]

I´m also interested in knowing how to disassemble the unit. Maybe you can take a few more pictures during you disassemble it.

[Bushwacka]

Well I managed to open all screws and to get rid of the seal without breaking it, but could anybody please describe how to remove the electronics from the frame? Where to set the screwdriver? Where to push or pull withouth damaging anything? The pictures are fine, but they don´t show the interesting part of the action, removing all the electronics from the body/frame.

[mentox]

Yes, this was the same stage where I stopped with my disassembling :)

[Bushwacka]

Ok, I´m almost done. I remove the tft from the frame, but now I´m stuck with the keypad. I can´t get it off the frame, because of the wires. Could anybody please give me a hint?

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2373/img0322we7.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0322we7.jpg)

[jack_ass]

don't take it out. leave it..cover it with somthing like i did ...you can see it here
and i didnt use any nail material...i used car paint and pulish like carpenters use ,dont use nail material/
http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465049db61cd4f582.jpg

[Bushwacka]

I´ll get it paint by a professional car painter. I post some pics when it´s all done. Thanks.

[frigit]

I too have noticed a little bit of paint peeling off where the stylus sits. It appears to look like the underneath is a dark chrome. I am curious to know how would it look if all the paint was peeled off???? It might look really nice.

[lmr2003]

I too have noticed a little bit of paint peeling off where the stylus sits. It appears to look like the underneath is a dark chrome. I am curious to know how would it look if all the paint was peeled off???? It might look really nice.

I have already done it on mine. It looks like on the pictures, all is chromed. I like it, in fact it's very nice as it has the same color of camera's button.

[jjplayground]

How did you peel off all the paint?

[Azamat]

I have already done it on mine. It looks like on the pictures, all is chromed. I like it, in fact it's very nice as it has the same color of camera's button.

I did that with mine too, partially though.

But underneath the chrome there's more black, which shows after some time...

So its:
Black Paint
|
V
Chrome
|
V
Black

I'll post pics when I'm home (tommorow)

[Azamat]

How did you peel off all the paint?

With my nails

[mousio]

Those without an airbrush might consider just buying a new cover (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=309877) :)

[frigit]

I have already done it on mine. It looks like on the pictures, all is chromed. I like it, in fact it's very nice as it has the same color of camera's button.

Any photos Imr2003? I'm very curious just how good it will look.
Thanks

[lmr2003]

Any photos Imr2003? I'm very curious just how good it will look.
Thanks

I'll post some pictures this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
I have also removed it with my nails.

[wolfi]

I have done it today -
disassembled and glas-bead blasted it, after 2,5 hours I had the following result... :) :)

[Barichon]

no thread anymore :(

[jagudo]

Hello,

I think I've arrived a little bit late to this thread. Does anyone knows where to get the how to with the pictures?
There are broken link to the picture at the beggining of the thread :(

Thanks anyways!

[boolat]

I have done it today -
disassembled and glas-bead blasted it, after 2,5 hours I had the following result... :) :)


hello,

you have use airbrush ?
tuto ?

thank you

ps : photographs one disappeared :( http://rotter.name/User_files/nor/465053c01302aa50.jpg !!
a person who to save on her PC?

[vistar]

THIS THREAD SHOULD BE DELETED, UNLESS THERE IS PICTURES????? POINTLESS THREAD... SOUNDS GOOD, BUT I'VE ALREADY DREAMT OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, NOW SOMEBODY'S WROTE MY DREAM BUT NO PICS???:rolleyes: