Painting The back (shiny) side of you 5th gen iPod.

I love tinkering and toying around with things. If i get something and it isn't to my likings, or has potential to become more I mod it ;-)

Now this should work on any pre Classic iPod, seeing as how apple has encrypted the firmware on them I won't be buying anything other than a touch anytime soon. So I would imagine they go together the same but chances are you're still under warranty so you probably shouldn't paint it.

I refuse to paint my 5.5 30GB iPod just because its still mint, and i still have the box, from 2005 mind you.

I chose one of my "Frankenstein", meaning i assembled it from spare ipods, hence the white click wheel, 60GB 5G's to paint.

I didnt take pictures during the process but its fairly easy, and I figure if there is already an instructable for it, maybe you can learn something for mine.

So lets get started!

Step 1 Disassembling the iPod and prepping for paint.

Now I'm not going to go over the disassembly, you can find it everywhere, just google it, it isnt too hard, but if your iPod hasn't been cracked open before it can get tricky.

Now, I started out after taking the iPod apart, by cleaning it up REALLY good.

I can't stress really enough, think about how often your hands are on your iPod, and how much oil and dirt is on there, you definitely want to get that off.

Oh, and dont forget to remove all the guts from the back case, including the battery, which is just stuck in, the hold switch and headphone jack are held by 4 screws total, two on each.

Now to clean it I used a S.O.S. pad, brillo pad, whatever you want to use, it doesn't matter its getting covered in paint, just don't use something too abrasive.

The iPod I was using already had the "Brushed Metal" treatment, so i just had to clean it off.

After you clean it hang it out to dry, I use a clothes hanger i bent up with two hooks one on each end, i hung it up by the slit in the bottom where you cable plugs into.

After its dry, its on to the next step.

Comments

[Doctor What]

 I like your Frankenstein IPOD.  It makes me want to go ebay a bunch of broken ipods and throw them together.

[NickConforti]

Thanks :-)

Ive done that on more than one occasion lol

you can actually do that and sell them and make a decent profit sometime.

especially when you get a good coat of paint on them.

I just got acess to a powdercoating machine and  a booth so im going to try powdercoating one of these soon.

[Doctor What]

 You should try one of the airbrush painters used for high priced model cars (those things that are painstakingly made part by part with superglue and tweezers).  They are sold at hobbyshops with paint.  They give high quality results.

[NickConforti]

I actually have one, I built my first model car when i was 12, but sadly, im still not too good at it.

I may try that on one of these, my buddy want his last gen nano painted, its just out of warranty so i may have at it.

it pretty neat, its like a mini paint gun and compressor, i can pretend im painting a real car xDD

Which I need to get on here soon, my car is looking rough, just have to find the rustoleum instructable ;-D

Something tells me im not using that mini stuff though, i may just have to ship out the paint gun and compressor, i'll definitely make an instructable on how to build a paint booth and paint a car all in your driveway.