Painting Hermes Housing

[realslimb]

Im planning on painting the housing of my Hermes a gloss black. I've been reading on how to take it apart and some people complaining of a screen alignment problem.. what are the chances of this happening? has anyone taken it apart and put it back together with no problems? thankss

[ashleyhall]

Im planning on painting the housing of my Hermes a gloss black. I've been reading on how to take it apart and some people complaining of a screen alignment problem.. what are the chances of this happening? has anyone taken it apart and put it back together with no problems? thankss

Sounds like a cool idea, I fancy a go at that too!!

Let me know how you get on! If possible, can you take pics of the deconstruction process?

[mikechannon]

Sounds like a cool idea, I fancy a go at that too!!

Let me know how you get on! If possible, can you take pics of the deconstruction process?

If it's pics and a dismantling process you can find them on the wiki. Alternatively go here. The downloadable service manual has a full dismantling guide with pics- more than you need, cos you would only need to take the case off not take every last bit apart. Also there are links in the practical section to more basic but pretty clear guides:

http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com

Mike

[Ribdool]

trade/swap/exchange or buy a orange spv m3100 tis black.

Unless your a professional sprayer, your more than likely to make a hash of it.

painting plastic is 2x more difficult than metal, I'd advise against your idea. it will chip or be blotchy at best.

[realslimb]

well im actually getting my car repainted black and they said they will spray down the pieces to.. they would be sanded.. primed.. painted.. and glossed so the painting isn't a problem.. im just worried about the screen alignment.. will I even need to touch the screen in order to take off the housing?

[DJ_Nitro]

That'll look nice, I had the black case from mertiline and it looks pretty cool.
It'll be nice if you upload some pics after the job is done. ;)

[leo-chan]

well im actually getting my car repainted black and they said they will spray down the pieces to.. they would be sanded.. primed.. painted.. and glossed so the painting isn't a problem.. im just worried about the screen alignment.. will I even need to touch the screen in order to take off the housing?
Just make sure they don't put it in the oven after all that or you'll end up with a blob of nicely painted plastic.. :D

[realslimb]

I will definatly post pics.. but I need to find out first.. will it effect my screen alignment.. and will I even need to touch the screen in order to get the front of the housing off?

[mikechannon]

I will definatly post pics.. but I need to find out first.. will it effect my screen alignment.. and will I even need to touch the screen in order to get the front of the housing off?

Have you not seen the dismantling guides including those I linked to above - they show the steps involved.

Re screen alignment, I doubt anyone will categorically say you will not have any problems. All we can say is that quite a few folks have had theirs apart to replace screens etc and have not had any problem. However bear in mind many of these folks only did it because they had the SA issue to begin with.

I do worry a bit about how you would ensure the grooves around where the two sections of the casing click together are going to be masked off. To make this durable you will need quite a few layers of paint but to get a good bond to the plastic would require roughing the surface first - certainly an all or nothing process.

Mike

[Doom Tints]

Im planning on painting the housing of my Hermes a gloss black. I've been reading on how to take it apart and some people complaining of a screen alignment problem.. what are the chances of this happening? has anyone taken it apart and put it back together with no problems? thankss

Suggestion: Look on ebay for snap-on skins for your phone. Paint the skin instead.

These skins snap over the phone perfectly so you won't have to take the phone apart to style it. And yes, you can still extend the keyboard and access all of the buttons with the skins on it.