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Originally Posted by Dave_S
The denatured alcohol seems to be very good at removing all traces of the rubbery finish. I think that when I was rubbing too hard to remove the finish before the alcohol had softened it enough, that undisolved paint acted as an abrasive and marred the very shiny original finish.
I may just try that on the inside of the battery cover. I have some automobile paint finishing paper left over from an old car restoration project that I can try. If that turns out too rough, then I also have some plastic polish that I used to use to clear up the plastic windows in convertible tops.
I wish that I had your patience. I am fairly happy with the way mine looks except for the key labels that I smudged, but your slower process will probably look great in the end.
FWIW, I did open the case up to see if I could work on the front panel with the screen and keys removed, but they seem to be glued to the front panel. The main circuit board is easy enough to remove, but really does not have any advantage since the keys and display are separately connected to the front panel.
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I'll pickup some denatured alcohol soon, in the meantime, I'm going to keep at it slowly. I think I got all the loose off, but if I keep picking at it, I'll eventually get it all.
I was thinking of making my own "skin" with a product called "gallery glass". It's a liquid "paint" for stained glass effects. My husband and I did some major projects with it. If you create the skin on a special "Plastic/silicon" grid then you can lift it up and place it on anything. I've had a couple of trial blobs left over from the project, sticking on my monitor for months. They haven't come off, yet will peel right off and replace whenever I want. I took a small cutting and placed it on the PEZ on the corner where the paint was all off. The blob has not come off at all and looks ok. The blob is blue and it disappears on the case. But when I do the "skin" I'll make a design.
AJ