Introduction: Customize Your Phone
I thought my phone to be a bit boring, but nice phone cases are only avaidible for the I-phone
so I used some contact paper to make myself one.
I'f choosen a wood print, but its available in every color.
also on my blog :
Step 1: Supplies
you'll need:
-phone or other device
-scissors
-stanley knife
-contact paper
Step 2: Cut
Cut a pice of contact paper, it has to be bigger than the cover, the edges are round and you can always cut away excess.
Step 3: Paste
pull the back of te paper of and put the case upon the sticky side, and press it flat.
Step 4: Cut Again
cut with the stanly knife the paper away at the places you want uncovered.
Cut in the corners so you can fold them around
Step 5: Finish
you can blow the corners with a hair dryer to make them more flat.
now your done!
If you dont really like it, you can just pull it of, again is the hair dryer usefull to soften the plastic a bit so you can peel it easier
7 Comments
10 years ago on Introduction
Your pictures are as awesome as the instructable.
11 years ago on Introduction
The edges are a bit messy but that's to be expected with this sort of vinyl.
If you search for "wrapping vinyl" or "3M D-noc" on eBay you can buy small sections of this specialist vinyl that, when heated, will easily form around complex shapes.
11 years ago on Step 5
very nice.. I use a corbon fiber sticker to make a new look of my crappy phone.. :)
11 years ago on Introduction
What a clever idea!
11 years ago on Step 5
NIce instructable :)
you can also use a hot air gun instead of a hair dryer
will be trying it on my older phones.
11 years ago on Introduction
Great idea! Really nice looking! I'm going to try it.
11 years ago on Introduction
That's gorgeous. I'm going to need to do this to my iphone. It's very old and the back is not very pretty anymore. :)