We are starting a new function for Thursdays right here at Hack A Day: Thursday Nano Hacks. Our “hack” for the day is more of a mod out of necessity: Those ugly white headphones with a black iPod nano? Æsj! Please come back next Thursday for a genuine iPod nano hack alrighty?
Scroll on for our bit stroll with recoloring cables, as well as please checked out the conclusion. (Let’s just state that this hack is not precisely the stuff dreams are made of.)
What you will need: – iPod headphones. They only are available in white. – PlastiDip in black (we utilized the dipping kind, however we suggest the spray aerosol kind in black) – a small paintbrush you can throw out when you’re completed – toothpicks – stick or chopstick to stir the PlastiDip – coathangers – concealing tape – great deals of time to waste
First put down some paper on your workspace. right here is our secured table with our horribly mismatched iPod headphones as well as black iPod nano:
Next we taped off the headphones as well as the metal part of the mini jack connector with concealing tape as well as made ourselves a drying rack out of two old coathangers:
Next we stirred the PlastiDip in the can with an old chopstick as well as utilizing a paintbrush carefully painted the cables in little short strokes. If you miss a area you can repair it after the truth by touching up when it’s dry. When globbing happens, just wait on it to dry as well as peel off the area that is having issues. PlastiDip unlike spray paint peels right off the iPod headphone cables. Be sure to peel off the concealing tape just when the PlastiDip very first starts to set before it’s completely dry. We decided to paint together the little plastic part where the cables split in a Y.
When the cables are dry (should take about half an hour or so) prep the headphones. You can additionally choose to leave them white. We, however, were not satisfied up until the whole thing was black black black. carefully cut concealing tape with a box cutter or other sharp knife to the precise circle of metal as well as don’t fail to remember to leave a tab to peel this part off. break off the last milimeter of halved toothpicks as well as force them into the seven holes on the backside of each headphone. This will keep the “port” holes open.
Carefully paint the PlastiDip (perhaps this product should be understood as PlastiPaint for our purposes) on the headphones without dislodging the toothpicks. when again, eliminate the concealing tape just before the PlastiDip completely dries to keep the edges smooth. eliminate the toothpicks at this time around as well. You will now have a headphone that looks something such as this (we selected to leave the L as well as R markers un-painted):
Yes it is rather lumpy in the previous image, however have no fear if you feel like redoing it, the PlastiDip peels off if you begin the peeling an edge.
Here is our completed set of iPod headphones as well as our (really scratched up) black iPod nano:
Conclusion: Is this mod worth it? No. This hack is truly pointless as far as time as well as effort are concerned. It’s truly difficult to get the PlastiDip on the cables smoothly. If you experiment with black spray on PlastiDip please let us know. Our reporter [markie] tried spray painting with traditional paint as well as ultimately the paint cracked which is why we went with PlastiDip in the very first place. However, besides the technical elements of re-coloring, the iPod headphones are truly poor high quality compared to even inexpensive in ear heaphones by other manufacturers.Go out as well as get yourself a great sounding set of black headphones instead of attempting this mod.
Tune in next week as we begin our regular commitment to hacking the heck out of the iPod nano. Yes, next week’s hack will really include opening the iPod nano to add functionality. If you have any type of concepts for nano hacks for our Thursday nano hacks function or if you have already hacked your iPod nano, shout us a holler dog.