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Once i got my Innocase I knew I wasnt going to turn back from it. I love pretty much anything by Seidio. But I realized that they didn't really take into consideration the chorme paint. After awhile of removing the Innocase and putting it back on i suddenly realized that it was leaving a line of worn down chrome paint on the right side. And chipping away at the left side. On instinct i scratched my thumbnail thinking it was something black on my phone and bam....i just chipped about a half inch of paint off it. Big black ugly chip right on the bezel.
Im not confident enough to dissasemble my bb, ive had issues in the past doing so with my 8320. I figured worst case scenario thats what i would do though. I decided to do a blacked out bezel project to see how it went. So i started picking at it with my fingernail...this process was very tiresome. I masked off my phone with some tape here and there and decided to take a fingernail emery board to it. Slowly and meticulously i etched away at the chrome until it was all black. I tried sanding in different directions and patterns to give my phone a textured look.
Sorry about the low quality pictures here. The best camera i own is on my 8900. Im in the process of moving now and will update this thread with higher quality pics later. My basic purpose here was to say that there ARE ways to black out your bezel without taking anything apart. But do this at your own risk...i did scratch a few spots here and there (such as a tiny line on the glass covering the camera). But well worth it, i love the way it looks and feels. Happy sanding!!
05-03-09 12:58 AM
