Customizing the S4? Knobs, etc.

[KidZgOt5waGG]

Yes what paint? and Vangogo's Skinz install? You gave me the same link to that Youtube guy...

[Yul]

I used basic acrylic spray cans (paint for plastic of course), with a primer first. I cleaned the faders and knobs first by adding to water a bit of washing liquid (soap, whatever the correct word is).

[papo]

I used basic acrylic spray cans (paint for plastic of course), with a primer first. I cleaned the faders and knobs first by adding to water a bit of washing liquid (soap, whatever the correct word is).

Pics?

[VanGogo]

Yes what paint? and Vangogo's Skinz install? You gave me the same link to that Youtube guy...

Hahaha, I'm now known as that YouTube guy lol.

Smitten gave you the skinz install link because it shows how to remove the knobs. Just be very careful, and don't pry too much.

[Yul]

Pics?

you have a link to my youtube channel in the previous page within smitten's post. Check one of the latest video.


By the way, here's something I didn't' try yet but I may soon:



Basically it's a glow in the dark varnish ^^

[KidZgOt5waGG]

I won't be doing this. I don't want flourescent or black light paint. I really want something along the glow in the dark line not just under a black light. I just ordered a custom skin from 12inchskinz and I won't be painting the knobs unless I can find red glow in the dark paint.

[DJDoubleYou]

The problem with glow in the dark is that the knobs have to receve light too, the store it while in daylight and send it out when it's dark.

I want custom ones to but i wanna keep the originals in case so thats the problem for me.

[hawaiibboy]

A note on "glow in the dark" and "blacklight" paints:

I've used both, and the reality is that as cool as glow in the dark sounds (don't need lights, don't need worry about bulbs and etc) it wears out faster IMO than backlight reactive paint. Glow in the dark paint will also glow under Blacklight. The thing about UV Reactive is that you tend to get better color reproduction in the black light versus a glow in the dark paint. Also, from my last trip to the craft store to get some paint, I think UV reactive comes in more colors, and is less expensive!

If you are in the USA, it's almost Halloween, wait until post-halloween specials and you can tend to find both glow in the dark and UV reactive paints for less!

[Yul]

yeah I understand but at the same time I always use an additional coat of varnish so I'm not that concerned about 'wearing out' the paint.

The thing about UV Reactive is that you tend to get better color reproduction in the black light versus a glow in the dark paint.

yep, point noted.

If you are in the USA, it's almost Halloween, wait until post-halloween specials and you can tend to find both glow in the dark and UV reactive paints for less!

Paint for cars is also a good source.