Polished G2 Battery Cover

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znanoDA

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So the clear coat on the battery cover to my phone was peeling so i decided to polish it

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durps

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A little too shiny for my taste, but it still looks great.

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bryyyan

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It looks great! Personally I wouldn't do it to mine right now. The ipods have a shiny back like that too and it lives finger orbits and scratches.

If my backing starts to look bad I may do this. How did you do it?

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sino8r

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You must work at a body shop or on cars as a hobby. That just screams it to me. I have plenty of gearhead friends that do the same type of thing. Nice work btw! The best I can do is change oil and brake pads on a good day lol! I did just redo the gasket on my oil pan and it wasn't too bad plus changed one of my O2 sensors. That was a royal pain without the proper wrench.... anyways, sorry to ramble on :) good work! Might have to steal that idea. Ever think of doing the same to the phone bezel so it would match? You'd have to be EXTREMELY careful though.
 

wayde187

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How did you do it? Did you use automobile metal polish? Do you know what type of metal its made out of? I was thinking about doing this a little while back and forgot about it. And I also want to etch some custom art into it as well. Make it more personalized

I would also like to do the trim piece but it would be tricky to do it without touching anything else, and I don't see myself taking it off.

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jtadak

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That is straight G bro. I'm going to do that too because the clown that I got the phone from surface scrated the hell out of the back. I do keep a velcro patch on the back so I can stick it the my center consel it keeps it from getting sratched anymore too.

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znanoDA

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You must work at a body shop or on cars as a hobby. That just screams it to me. I have plenty of gearhead friends that do the same type of thing. Nice work btw! The best I can do is change oil and brake pads on a good day lol! I did just redo the gasket on my oil pan and it wasn't too bad plus changed one of my O2 sensors. That was a royal pain without the proper wrench.... anyways, sorry to ramble on :) good work! Might have to steal that idea. Ever think of doing the same to the phone bezel so it would match? You'd have to be EXTREMELY careful though.

its a hobby. I'd like to be phone savvy like these devs
 

znanoDA

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Sep 23, 2010
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How did you do it? Did you use automobile metal polish? Do you know what type of metal its made out of? I was thinking about doing this a little while back and forgot about it. And I also want to etch some custom art into it as well. Make it more personalized

I would also like to do the trim piece but it would be tricky to do it without touching anything else, and I don't see myself taking it off.

Sent from my word hole to your ocular cavities via my CM7 G2 1.5ghz

basically wet sanded it with the sandpaper in the order described and used eagle one nano wheel polish.
 

wayde187

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Word. I'm gonna hit mine up when I get paid and take to a metal engraving place that does zippos or trophies and whatnot. Will post some pics when I have the finished product. Not exactly sure what design or layout I'm gonna go with but its gonna combine the brushed finish and polished finish. 'Til next time.

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znanoDA

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Word. I'm gonna hit mine up when I get paid and take to a metal engraving place that does zippos or trophies and whatnot. Will post some pics when I have the finished product. Not exactly sure what design or layout I'm gonna go with but its gonna combine the brushed finish and polished finish. 'Til next time.

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id like to see this
 
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sino8r

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Word. I'm gonna hit mine up when I get paid and take to a metal engraving place that does zippos or trophies and whatnot. Will post some pics when I have the finished product. Not exactly sure what design or layout I'm gonna go with but its gonna combine the brushed finish and polished finish. 'Til next time.

Sent from my word hole to your ocular cavities via my CM7 G2 1.5ghz

I remember someone talked about engraving their battery cover but they either never did or never posted back about it. Sounds cool though. Let us know...
 
its not that slippery just slightly



Automotive Wet/Dry sand paper

400-600-800-1000-1500-and finally 2000 grit

you should have finished it off with wetsanding with 4000 and then polished it with a rotating cloth and some oil (but not to intence, the oil can make the metal dark and ugly if u let it heat up too much from the friction)

i polished a piece of metal like that one time, made it clearer than my bathroom mirror :p

but still nice work :D
 
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znanoDA

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you should have finished it off with wetsanding with 4000 and then polished it with a rotating cloth and some oil (but not to intence, the oil can make the metal dark and ugly if u let it heat up too much from the friction)

i polished a piece of metal like that one time, made it clearer than my bathroom mirror :p

but still nice work :D

Sounds like a good idea. I might do but i was just using what i had on hand. Thanks for the tip
 

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    So the clear coat on the battery cover to my phone was peeling so i decided to polish it

    DSC_0044.jpg


    DSC_0040.jpg


    DSC_0038.jpg
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    I think it looks good, but does it make that cover more slippery?

    its not that slippery just slightly


    Automotive Wet/Dry sand paper

    400-600-800-1000-1500-and finally 2000 grit
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    its not that slippery just slightly



    Automotive Wet/Dry sand paper

    400-600-800-1000-1500-and finally 2000 grit

    you should have finished it off with wetsanding with 4000 and then polished it with a rotating cloth and some oil (but not to intence, the oil can make the metal dark and ugly if u let it heat up too much from the friction)

    i polished a piece of metal like that one time, made it clearer than my bathroom mirror :p

    but still nice work :D
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    My back cover began peeling off in flakes because the back got scratched against a concrete bench. I used a beer bottle opener circular end to scrape off the top layer and it came out just as polished and didn't suffer any scratches from the beer opener.