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Start of a new G4 Cube Mod
Hey All,
Just got my cube a few days ago (on Saturday) for an amazing deal ($50). I spent most of the weekend cleaning it (in my free time of course). I cleaned it with just soap and water + alcohol wipes for the more stingy sticker adhesives, dirt, etc.
My goal for the first few months is the aesthetics of the cube. I want to make black painted cube with a glowing Apple logo. Something similar to this design: http://www.123macmini.com/macminicube/
(final design from the mod linked))
Currently I'm stuck on the removing the original Apple logo step. I tried removing it with tweezers, hot soapy water, cutting it with a razer, etc. but nothing can get under it enough to give me leverage to pull it apart without hurting the cube. Apple really glued it on well..
(from the mod I'm mimicking)
I don't have access to a guitar pick (yet..) but I read online that immersing it in WD-40 overnight is a really effective way to loosen adhesives while not hurting the acrylic. This is what I tried last night, we will find out later today if it works. Any ideas (aside from a guitar pick) if this doesn't work? Anyone have experience removing it?
Next steps is to remove scratches and polish it, I have the Novus 7100 Plastic Polish Kit and from testing it on a small corner, it looks amazing!
From there, there is a very small crack on the bottom of my cube that I am also going to attempt to fix. I've done some research online into this as well and it seems like that this can be done using some acrylic solvent or some cyanoacrylate (Loctite 401 Prism Instant Adhesive which is essentially a transparent superglue). It won't repair it completely, but it should help quite a bit. If anyone has experience in this too, please feel free to share any tips,tricks, advice . Acrylic crack repair link: https://vimeo.com/103296536
Hey All,
Just got my cube a few days ago (on Saturday) for an amazing deal ($50). I spent most of the weekend cleaning it (in my free time of course). I cleaned it with just soap and water + alcohol wipes for the more stingy sticker adhesives, dirt, etc.
My goal for the first few months is the aesthetics of the cube. I want to make black painted cube with a glowing Apple logo. Something similar to this design: http://www.123macmini.com/macminicube/
(final design from the mod linked))
Currently I'm stuck on the removing the original Apple logo step. I tried removing it with tweezers, hot soapy water, cutting it with a razer, etc. but nothing can get under it enough to give me leverage to pull it apart without hurting the cube. Apple really glued it on well..
(from the mod I'm mimicking)
I don't have access to a guitar pick (yet..) but I read online that immersing it in WD-40 overnight is a really effective way to loosen adhesives while not hurting the acrylic. This is what I tried last night, we will find out later today if it works. Any ideas (aside from a guitar pick) if this doesn't work? Anyone have experience removing it?
Next steps is to remove scratches and polish it, I have the Novus 7100 Plastic Polish Kit and from testing it on a small corner, it looks amazing!
From there, there is a very small crack on the bottom of my cube that I am also going to attempt to fix. I've done some research online into this as well and it seems like that this can be done using some acrylic solvent or some cyanoacrylate (Loctite 401 Prism Instant Adhesive which is essentially a transparent superglue). It won't repair it completely, but it should help quite a bit. If anyone has experience in this too, please feel free to share any tips,tricks, advice . Acrylic crack repair link: https://vimeo.com/103296536