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Color your Ipod Headphones!

Color your Ipod Headphones!
A simple instructable on how to make your headphones quite snazzy. This is my first instructable. Enjoy.

WARNING: The Sharpie will wear off onto your clothes or ears if it rubs too much. I'd recommend something more permanent like paint. The sharpie is a good way to "preview", if you will. MODIFYING YOUR HEADPHONES OR ANY OTHER PART OFF YOUR IPOD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY, CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

If you spray paint, be sure to cover up the speaker and maybe the little holes, just to be careful. That is all.
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
Materials: Sharpie or Paint Markers, Ipod Headphones,Paper or Cardboard, Patience

I would recomend the paint markers or those super duper permanent markers. The sharpies fade and smudge on plastic
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22 comments
Jul 23, 2010. 12:37 PMlilsmurf says:
excuse me but wouldn't the sharpie come off in your ear.this is a sort of a health hazard
Feb 27, 2010. 7:03 PMcrimson sausage says:
Led Zeppelin rocks the house.
Feb 12, 2010. 10:07 AMxxx k550 says:
Likes your instructable you might try to take better pictures next time.
Look at mine
Dec 31, 2009. 8:41 PMKenta-Rin says:
Would acrylic paint work?
Feb 12, 2010. 10:06 AMxxx k550 says:
Apr 5, 2008. 6:14 PMNitornos says:
I need to get the sharpie off my headphones now; I tried to wipe it off, but the color was still there, water wouldn't do anything, when I tried nail polish, it turned my red sharpie green and yellow. now it looks like it has barf on it. How do you get the sharpie off?
Feb 7, 2010. 4:24 AMJonnyDude2008 says:
You could always try white spirit. That would do the job.
Jul 9, 2008. 11:54 AMC1337us says:
Rubbing alcohol.
Mar 3, 2009. 4:19 PMfrediojoe says:
if you sleep with them on it smears a lot
Feb 19, 2008. 7:19 AMzamirii says:
something that works well is nail polish -- comes in all sorts of wild colors now and of course comes with it's own brush. easy to get a hold of --
Oct 29, 2007. 10:28 PMPie_eata says:
why would you color ipod head phones I <3 the sectcy white
Oct 24, 2007. 5:50 AMDeus says:
this looks really crappy, if you just disassemble them, then spraypaint and glue it back together
Aug 21, 2007. 9:10 AMjoemonkey says:
did u take the pics in a moving car?
Aug 21, 2007. 2:05 PMsardines454 says:
if you use your headphones a lot the sharpie will come off in your ears...not good.
Aug 21, 2007. 9:38 AMkomies says:
Sharpie very quickly wears off the plastic that the earbuds are made of. It's gonna get all over your clothes.
Aug 21, 2007. 8:32 AMtomonto says:
i tried this before with a sharpie and it came off real fast
Aug 21, 2007. 8:08 AMzipykido says:
I tried painting my ipod headphones with acrylic spraypaint, it does come off (slowly), I haven't tried permanent marker yet. Though I would be afraid of it coming off on clothing or other things in my pocket.
Aug 21, 2007. 7:46 AMDzwiedziu says:
Won't the marker paint wear off due to rubbing againtst clothes or body?
Aug 21, 2007. 7:04 AMoinkoinkzoopals says:
Thanks very cool im gunna try this. Nice use of snazzy
Aug 21, 2007. 2:08 AMProject Weapons says:
HAHA yea thats wicked im gonna try it 5 for this 1

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