Nintendo Controller MP3, Version 2.0

Step 8 The Tedious Part...

I placed 5 or 6 round toothpicks in a small container an immersed just the tips of the toothpicks in some stolen (borrowed?) fingernail polish remover.
Use the soaked toothpicks to carefully remove the red paint from each letter
Careful as you work on the edges of the letters - the fingernail polish remover will take the black paint off too.
As the toothpicks dry out, swap with a waiting toothpick and continue.

*If you are careful, you can remove the paint from around the "Registered" logo. Give it a shot, working in light circular motions. If you mess it up, tape it over with a small square of black electrical tape.

This is kind of a one shot deal, if you mess it up too much, you'd be looking for another sticker
The nice part about this is that if you go to a pawn shop or something to find a controller, you can get one that looks pretty hammered - as long as the sticker looks good, you can try again. You can get the more ugly or broken controllers CHEAP!

Comments

[Prodigity]

*suggests to change 'The Tedious Part' into 'The Really Insanely Tedious Part'* How long did this step take you? (It's taking me ages)

[ryan97128]

It took me about an hour to get all the red paint off. Place your toothpicks into the fingernail polish remover - about 1/4 inch deep or so. After soaking, I etched off the red letters, using the soaked toothpick like an eraser. Give it a bit of pressure, except near the black edges, to get the process started. Also, change out your toothpicks every minute or two.

[Prodigity]

Got it now, I wasn't being generous enough with the nail polish remover.
Took me about 30 minutes =)

[crrimson]

aha, so that's how you did it. The end result looks really cool.