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Floam your iPod

Floam your iPod
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Tired of the boring white or silver or maybe even black iPod? Well, for about $8, you can customize your iPod!

Ingredients:

iPod ( i used a iPod nano 2nd gen)
Metal iPod case ( in case you need to take it off, dont use it direct on your 'Pod, and rubber dont cut it)
Floam ( i used blue for base and yellow for the shelby stripe)
Pocket knife - optional
LOTSA time - Even for my tiny little iPod nano, it took about 45 mins. to sculp it!!
 
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Step 1Cover!

Cover!
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Well, pretty straight foward, just wrap it and sculpt around the top and bottom and the screen and wheel.
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30 comments
Jun 14, 2010. 7:30 PM~Z~ says:
Don't you find the smell of floam horrible?
Nov 17, 2007. 10:35 PMPatrik says:
Let me be the first to say: ... "Huh?"

Seriously, we could use just a tad more information here:

- what the heck is Floam?
- how do you apply it, and what do you have to watch out for?
- why did it take you 45 minutes to sculpt it?
- how well will this stand up to use.

and most importantly:

- where are the step-by-step pictures/instructions?
Nov 17, 2007. 11:21 PMFrenchCrawler says:
Nov 20, 2009. 8:37 AMnetbuddy says:
All I see is ...

"Service is temporarily unavailable." 
Dec 30, 2008. 5:04 PMchriskarr says:
On floamit.com look at the links to the other parts of the page and roll over them in this sequence. House - Star - Puddle House - Star - Film - Puddle House - Star - Puddle - Star - House Figure out what song's main guitar riff this is. That is my challenge. First person who guesses right gets a shiny new E-Penny from me to distribute at will.
Jul 10, 2009. 8:01 PMEru Ryuzaki says:
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple.
Nov 18, 2007. 12:32 AMPatrik says:
Yes, I did google Floam too. And I assume I can find detailed instructions elsewhere online. But that's not really the point, is it?
Nov 18, 2007. 1:05 PMFrenchCrawler says:
Not really, but I figured he could use the link somewhere for someone to follow. You were just pointing out the info he should have included but didn't.
Nov 16, 2008. 2:41 PM_soapy_ says:
We googled it too. Looks quite useful, perhaps I'll find some uses for it, and a can of matt black spraypaint should sort the garish colours out.
Aug 30, 2009. 2:26 PMZaphod Beeblebrox says:
floam is an expensive, sticky,messy, abomination
May 29, 2009. 10:41 PMRLuster88 says:
very nice - i havnt seen or heard about Floam in forever - this brought back memories. To those who dont understand, Floam is basicly Play-dough : but with a tpye of Foam. It has very small FOam-beads, and a glue-like plaster mix, you shape and scuplt it, and then let it harden overnight (12hours or so) and it is now HARD-Foam. VERY awsome stuff to pimp with.
Nov 18, 2007. 6:25 PMbenjgvps says:
I hate floam. The stuff is terrible. I would never do that to an iPod or a case. Though if you have so stuff in a container collecting dust, this might be an ok use for it.
Dec 30, 2008. 4:55 PMchriskarr says:
"If you have some stuff in a container collecting dust, this might be a good use for it" For what; the stuff, or the Floam, or the dust? I think it would be awesome to deck out an iPod Nano in dust. Zune FTW!
Feb 6, 2008. 5:48 PMYerboogieman says:
it tastes pretty good though, lol jk jk
Aug 8, 2008. 1:56 AMGh{O}sT says:
lulz
Jul 25, 2008. 2:00 PMkylethenerd says:
hahah everyones like ahh dont do that to your ipod and your like no i did it to the case and their like.....waaaat?
Nov 29, 2007. 5:35 PMmaker12 says:
agree
Apr 15, 2008. 1:04 PMObsessive says:
I hate those damn floam commercials. Nice instructable. Looks cool. Don't think I'd risk trying it. My ipod is simply too expensive. Wouldn't want to ruin it. Its like taking apart your plasma tv screen for fun at the risk of not knowing how to put it back together properly or breaking it.
Nov 16, 2008. 2:38 PM_soapy_ says:
But if you knew what you were doing, what would be the point of taking it apart?!?
Aug 8, 2008. 12:26 PMvitruvian8807 says:
Hehe, I take apart my electronics all the time for the fun of it, even thought I may not know if I can put it back together or not, but I've gotten better.
Jun 16, 2008. 6:21 PMSgt.Waffles says:
No, honey, I swear I saw this on instructables. I just need this one little part. The tv will be fiiiine.
Apr 26, 2008. 12:58 PMjayro707 says:
i would never do that i might ruin mine
Jan 29, 2008. 2:52 PMrobots199 says:
floam can kill your ipod so be carefull
Nov 18, 2007. 10:09 AMDELETED_drewdegruyter says:
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Nov 19, 2007. 2:04 PMTheCheese9921 says:
lol, I don't know why its funny but that made me laugh
Nov 18, 2007. 3:14 PMasianwizard says:
umn i dont have an ipod at all my worst money decision was to buy a sony walkmen bean
Nov 29, 2007. 5:35 PMmaker12 says:
A BEAN LOL
Aug 23, 2008. 6:14 AMasianwizard says:
now that you say it that way im sad that its not magic XD

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