oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 hello, seems Ive had a little mishap with my ipod today, a rather unusual one. I was giving my ipod a custom paint job, lol, btw my ipod is in two pieces due to my curiosity, front face plate and back half with all the components, i recently bought a new clear case to hold it together(i was tired of rubber bands) and i figured id give a cool paint job under the cover, AANYWAY, I was painting the front all fine and dandy, paint it on, bake it in the sun, then for some stupid reason i thought freezing the paint make have some effect on the texture of the paint, well I was right, the front turned out perfect, exactly what i wanted. Now came time to do the back, he comes the "stupid" part of that idea, i painted it, baked it and then went to freeze it and, half hour later when i went to pull it, i didn't think to warm it up gradually i jst pulled right out, and, well a TON of condensation formed, then things started shorting. The screen was acting all weird, everything was red. Like an idiot i started playing with all the buttons, the worst thing you can do, now Ive decided to just let it sit for a couple days. I jst wanted to know if anyone has had these unusual series of occurrences happen to them, and if ou guys had any suggestions as to what to do. Thank you for reading this long post, and sry if it didnt interest you at all in the end haha. Thank You, mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 which ipod is it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I have had one in the dash of my car for the last year or so. It stays out winter and summer. It definintely didn't like the temp extremes. for a while I had to reset it pretty much every other day. But after a few months it stopped doing that and now it works fine all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Blow it out with an air hose and let it dry really good before powering back up. It should be fine, I've done crazy crap like that to my Motorola V3 so many times it should be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 its the 5th gen 30G video jeffer, thanks for the reassurance guys, thinking on the up and up...the paint job turned out wicked awesome:-o, metallic burnt orange lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 OMG!!! it works it works, I just got done shooting it with compressed air for the past hour, OH man when i turned it on and everything was ok i almost passed out!! OH MAN I'M SO HAPPY, lol. Thank you guys for the help, man i didn't get much sleep last night knowing it didn't work. I'm sure thats unhealthy to love your ipod that much but idc haha. Thanks Again! :mparty:Btw, heres a few pics of the paint job.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 pics aren't working for some reason.... but thats good to hear ya figured it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey_Allen Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 The pictures aren't showing up here, just an error message. That being said, I'm interested to see just what you've done to the ipod. Also, next time you might be causing condensation, you might unplug the battery pack prior to that step. Since you already have the case open, you can unplug the little pigtail easily and avoid the stress over seeing it do funny things to the display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X64v Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Ipods are a lot more tolerant to water than people give them credit for. I've sent my 4gig nano through the washer with no problems afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillZ260 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Blow it out with an air hose. Make sure you have a dryer on your compressor or you'll just be blowing more water in there. ( I know, it's on my to do list in the garage.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 strange, pics work for me, lets try again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 strange, pics work for me, lets try again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 wheres the edit button? but anyway, i cant get it to work, maybe im doin it wrong, how are you supposed to get pics on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 wheres the edit button? but anyway, i cant get it to work, maybe im doin it wrong, how are you supposed to get pics on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 yeah my friend sent his through the washer and dryer lol it was a 4g nano also .. ive even dopped mine from 15ish feet up onto concrete and it didnt break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 It looks like the pic isn't uploading. Try photobucket or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Also, my little brother washed his nano. He put it in a bag of dry rice for a couple days, charged it up, and it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolZ Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Sry it took me so long to figure out(thanks braap). The picture doesnt do the front justice cuz you cant see the metalic 'niss, but you get the gist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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