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Originally Posted by Mrs_Often
Derf, thank you very much! That demonstration video confirmed for me that I probably didn't make my layers thick enough. I think I'll try again, because I'm really not happy with how difficult the Clara is to hold, especially while lying down. And I really don't want to use a cover -- what's the point of a lightweight reader if you're just going to make it heavy with a case? Plus, I like always seeing the sleep screen with the cover of the book I'm reading: it reminds me of the book I'm reading and invites me to continue reading. The outside of a case is just always the outside of a case...
When you took the back of your Clara off for spraying, did you tape off the perpendicular edges that click into the front of the device? Or did you just spray the bare back? In case if the latter, did any PlastiDip cover the edges? Did the back still easily click back into place, or did you have to peel some PlastiDip off the plastic that clicks inside the front of the device?
Hmmm I may do the electrical tape thing too then. I don't really want to because I don't like the idea of "something in between", raising the bezel even higher above the screen. Maybe I'll try the black marker thing first (I read somewhere here someone had been successful at stopping the light reflection just by blacking out the edges, I'll have to search for that post*). But then if that doesn't work I'll have to take everything apart again. Ugh.
EDIT: *It was Atilla! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...25#post3711525 |
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Originally Posted by Derf
I just put them back cover on a large piece of cardboard and sprayed. The cardboard was probably at 45 degree angle to the ground. You don’t get great spray out of a rattle can spraying downwards. You get the best spray horizontally, but that requires fixing the cover to a wall. So 45 degrees was a compromise.
I just sprayed the cover, straight on. No Plastidip got on the sides that click in to the frame, and I didn’t peel any off first or have trouble putting it back.
I think whoever used the marker trick had a bad experience, but it may be because they didn’t keep the marker on the side of the glass and got some on the top of the glass? I can’t remember, but I seem to recall they weren’t happy and had to redo it. The electrical tape has solved the light bleed and I’m 100% happy with my device now.
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Thank you once again Derf! I'm just reporting back a month after I re-applied my vinyl spray properly... it was definitely my own fault that it didn't last the first time around! It is now perfect and wonderful and I'm really happy!
...plus, I got rid of the light 'bleed' spots as well. (I used Atilla's black marker approach, but I think it would have been enough to just take off the front bezel and put it back on.)
I'm very happy now! Don't even want a Forma
