A black SL-5500 paintjob

[jchung]

nice job!

 i wonder how the guy on ebay did his..

I would like to try this on my c700 ..

[zbones]

As an addition, I couldn\'t be bothered putting too much effort into doing the back, as I just wanted to finish it off.  As a result the back was a bit rough.

I have since found that brasso (wadding for cleaning brass etc) gives it a really smooth finish and gets rid of any small scratches that even the finest wet\'n\'dry sandpaper left.  

This does give it a very glossy finish as opposed to the matt black finish,  but I think I prefer it.

A word of caution, do not assume all zauri are painted black plastic!

have a look on the reverse of the battery cover, and inside the battery compartment.  My cl760 appears to be a very naff \"airfix\" grey colour, so would require painting after sanding.

Shame as white just isn\'t my favorite colour.  I was going to get a 750, but my 760 came second hand, so cost me less than a new 750.

Peter

[VeeDubb]

One question:  On all of these it apears that the decals on the keyboard were left in tact.  How did you manage that??


Side note:  Why brasso works like that.  It\'s not the abrasiveness of brasso, it\'s the solvents.  It is actualy disolving the surface just enough to smoothit out.  Be carefull with this as too much will surely damage your Z.

[zbones]

I removed the keyboard before I started, along with everything else that I didn\'t want to damage, including the plastic bits that cary the light from the power and mail leds.

The keyboard backing cannot be removed from the front section, but it is already black so I left it alone.  If you stick masking tape over it, you ensure that you don\'t accidentally scratch it.

[VeeDubb]

Just for the record, I\'m a dumb ass.  I never noticed the keyboard background was already black.  I\'m so stupid some times.  Oh well, it\'s just the cabin feaver from all this freezing rain, yeah, that\'s it.

[Merardon]

Sorry for resurrecting a reeeally dead thread, but I'm attempting this. I've just completed the keyboard cover, and it looks pretty scratched up, even after the brasso. I used Ultra-Fine sandpaper, and as Wet & Dry wasn't available, I used normal stuff. It seems to work fine wet. Is it supposed to be scratched up still? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Never mind, figured it out.

[Merardon]

Second question. The website given with pictures of the images of the Zaurus 5500 insides works fine -- that is, until I want a closeup. As a result I have some oddly shaped grey plastic bits that I have no clue where they originally were. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.