[DIY] Rubberized soft touch battery door

[Arkymedes]

Bump.

Following this thread closely

I found it to buy here in France but the black one is out of stock and it comes back in november.

www.plastidip.fr

 

[d_phekt]

I tried this and it looked great for about 2 days. It started to peel around the edges as everyone else stated. I am going to try and sand my cover since I have an extra and see if I can maybe get it to stick better. Love the look and feel of it after its all done tho. Will report back with results after sanding and reapplying plastidip.

 

[megazac1]

So I ended up going with the "brushed metal" look by sanding down the battery cover. I've been living with it for a few weeks and have really liked it. The only thing that has bothered me about it is that the cover is actually recessed a little bit from the edge of the phone (understandably because I did have to sand quite a bit). So I decided to try the plasti-dip again to see if 1) it will stick better to a sanded surface and 2) if the edges won't catch and peel because of the recession on the sides. Before when I sprayed right on the original finish, the edge of the cover was actually raised slightly from the phone, causing it to have more exposure. Now it's just a little recessed from being flush so nothing can catch on the edge to start peeling the plasti-dip off (i.e. in and out of your pocket all day long). I also let it dry for a lot longer than I did the first time (at least 12 hours) before handling it much.

Hopefully this will hold up as I am liking the grip and finish a lot! If it doesn't I think I'm going to end up spray painting it or clear coating to try and lessen the recession of the cover from the edge.

 

[Long813]

Can't wait to try this out. I think it will be what I was looking for.

 

[killj0y]

Ok this will probably work but you need to sand it down to give the dip something to grab onto. Also an adhesion promoter would probably help a lot, maybe even a primer/adhesion promotor combo.

 

[mc|stue]

i don't had car polish... so i tried it instead with disc scratch repair gel.
and for me it works! looks beautifull without the Samsung brand

sry for my bad english

 

[tanner.jon]

Galaxy Nexus?

Has anybody attempted this with the Galaxy Nexus? It has a textured back but is still quite slippery.

Maybe the textured back would allow it to adhere better. The cover is just on the back (not full wrap around like the Nexus S), so I'd be interested to see how this works.

 

[infernox51]

Has anybody attempted this with the Galaxy Nexus? It has a textured back but is still quite slippery.

Maybe the textured back would allow it to adhere better. The cover is just on the back (not full wrap around like the Nexus S), so I'd be interested to see how this works.

I'm probably going to give this a go in the next week or so. Will let you know how it turns out.

 

[miloziz]

thanks.. will try it out

 

[Shark_On_Land]

Thanks for sharing and giving ideas. And thanks alot for taking such great pics.


Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App. Developer of brickROM, and OP of XDA Thread of The Year 2011.

 

[Donofduketown]

wow interesting thread , following this for sure!

 

[sidearmG]

Anyone try this on a Gnex yet? I'm very curious about how it will or won't peel with the texture on the battery cover.

Annnnd following

 

[maarrrrr]

I should try this.

 

[smoke1]

Very good idea. Than.

Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

 

[thejaredhuang]

Did this on my Vibrant cover.

1st try, sanded down the gloss but none of the paint, plasti Dipped just the outside, edges came up pretty much immediately.

2nd try, sanded the crap out of the edges and lightly on the inside, 2 coats inside focusing mainly on the edges, 3-4 coats outside focusing mainly on the edges. So far its held up pretty well over the last 2 days including one trip tumbling in a backpack.

I don't think it matters how many coats you put on as long as you prep and sand.

 

[moneybag]

I think I'll give it a try. Thanks!

Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

 

[csdibiase@gmail.com]

Has anyone tried applying a coat of primer to the cover before spraying on the plasti dip? I'm thinking of giving this a go, but figured I'd ask first before trying to track down plasti dip primer.

 

[ScratchC]

know this thread is old but this is good info..
plasti dip when cured properly does not peel easily at all

 

[Sean35]

Just popping in, don't mind the bump. I bought a Nexus S 4G to screw around with on FreedomPop (very little luck getting it usable after 2 days, but I think I just now found the right combo of ROM/Kernel/mods to make it run smoothly), and decided to do this this morning out of boredom. I figured I was the first person to get the idea, then Googled "plastidip battery cover" and saw tons of links for this, seemingly only done on the Nexus S. The phone is nice for its age, but the battery cover is definitely too smooth for secure use.