I had a go at painting the sticky faceplate. I forgot to take a photo of the 'before', but it was really sticky, and very difficult to get a clean, blemish-free surface prior to painting. But the paint goes on quite 'wet', and is quite good at covering imperfections. Here's a photo of the repainted faceplate on the right, next to a good original.
'[image: http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/cache/DIYHifi/Boom/Painted%20faceplate_512.jpg]' (http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/albums/DIYHifi/Boom/Painted%20faceplate.jpg) You can tell that the finish isn't identical, it's slightly shinier, but it does have the same soft-touch feel, and despite the sticky and unstable base it's dry to the touch and wipes clean. It's tricky stuff to spray, since it comes out of the spray nozzle a bit 'frothy', and if the bubbles in the froth don't disperse before it skins over then you get a milky finish. And you can see just to the left of where the POWER button goes that the rubber paint is starting to lift where I removed the masking tape, and there's a blemish round the edge of the REW button. So I think I may just peel it all off and have another go. I'll bet that peeling off the paint will leave a much better surface than when I started. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107531 _______________________________________________ Boom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/boom
