PAinted my pod

That's sick, dude. The decal on the wheel is a little crooked, but other than that, amazing job.

Its sweet. I wouldnt do it. but its sweet.

Originally posted by stinkiedmb
do you have a link to the original thread?

does it have a step-by-step on the painting process?

i might just consider borrowing your idea ;)

There's really not much of a process. Just paint a base coat in whatever color you would like. I then bought some printable decal paper from a craft store and printed the graphics on it and cut them out. The trick is to spray the decals with some clear coat and let them dry, otherwise when you put them in water to transfer them onto the ipod, the ink will run. After the decals were on the ipod, I just clear coated over them with several coats. If you have the time and will, i would suggest airbrushing the body with some quality paint to get a nice finish. Good luck!

how about spray painting the ipod? anyone done that before? i would think that would work too since the front is just plastic. also, does painting my ipod eliminates me from the apple warranty??

Does it reduce the sensitivity of the iPod scroll wheel at all?

I doubt it does because some of the accessories that cover the wheel do not affect the sensitivity at all.

can i get a spray paint and spray paint my 3G ipod?
O by the way is it alrigt if i go over the buttons...?

That's leet man! *thumbs up*

That's cool and all... But what are you trying to claim by the skulls?

Originally posted by Spline32
I would be very careful with spray paint. Because of the nature of spray paint, it is far more likely slip between some buttons and get inside the pod, I would cover the buttons with plastic or tape before spray painting.

What do mean by slipping between the buttons? I used spray paint, but was sure to remove the face before painting (although i assume one would not need to do this if careful enough) At least for the 3rd gen, the top is one solid piece of plastic

I love it!! Wish i had the guts to do mine!

I can't hold back. I think it looks totally destroyd. I would have had it done professionally. It looks like a 10 year old did it. :\ but as long as YOUR happy with it.

thanks to everyone for the comments. yes I may have thrown it together with a can of spray paint and some printed decals, but i figured what the hell, when it starts looking like ### or i get bored of it, I can just throw the original face back on and go back to boring old white. Ideally, if I were to do it again, I would look into having the graphics laser cut and have somone professionally airbrush it.

$50 at colorwarepc.com

i wanted to get an ipod from colorware, but they only ship within the us. and i live in hungary, middle of europe

they ship to EU if you are willing to pay an extra $50

thats awful..looks like u used a roller to paint it

I don't care what that paint looks like, the theme makes it all worth it.

Originally posted by Pnkrck83
Please choose the appropriate forum for this topic. Thank you. Please choose the appropriate forum for this topic. Thank you. I already posted this awhile ago but I thought I'd put here as well. I simply painted the front black, placed some water decals on it, then clear coted the crap out of it. It could have been down a little better, but I'm happy with it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v149/pnkrck83/ipod5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v149/pnkrck83/ipod4.jpg

looks fugly to me! (no offense intended)

It's his iPod, he can do waht he likes with it.
Now he also has a total one off.

I think I'm going to do something similar to mine. I want it painted black. Only I think I'm gonna try wet sanding it between coats so its really smooth before the clear coat.

By the way, I like the look. I'm not a fan of Alkaline Trio but it looks pretty badass. Did you paint (black) over the buttons and then put the stickers on or did you just put the stickers on?

"clean as a whistle?" Where are we, an old mining town in the 1800's?

Originally posted by Pnkrck83
thanks to everyone for the comments. yes I may have thrown it together with a can of spray paint and some printed decals, but i figured what the hell, when it starts looking like ### or i get bored of it, I can just throw the original face back on and go back to boring old white. Ideally, if I were to do it again, I would look into having the graphics laser cut and have somone professionally airbrush it.

Just like to say, looks awesome, i think definately an airbrush job would look better, but it still is totally unique and a pat on the back to u. jsut to ask, what u mean by the original face? u got two different ones? if so whered u get a replacement? coz im tempted to have mine painted. thnx for any answers.

Mulv, here's a U2 cover, with Click Wheel:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67838&item=5766663925&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

alkaline trio rocks, awsome mod

its a cool idea but ur design is a little demonic. what kind of paint did u use to do this anyway and do the controls still work well?

is it ok to paint on the touch wheel and other buttons like that?