Cleaning Electronics with Sugar

legoburner writes "Instructables.com has an article on removing logos from your PDAs or Cell Phones using sugar. Basically, the sugar crystals are strong enough to remove the logo (sticker), but are too soft to scratch the casing leaving it unscathed. The article has many pictures of the process as well as a thorough walkthrough. Let the rebranding of all your electronics begin!"

Comments

One sweet PDA?

[GIL_Dude]

I guess the sugar makes it one sweet PDA?

Sweet

[MrSteveSD]

Sweet!

Anyone else more interested in the

[antifoidulus]

DIY stripper pole that was advertised on the left side?

Re:Anyone else more interested in the

[Mad_Rain]

hmmm... I wonder if there is a connection between that link and only 40 posts over the last hour. ;)

Re:Hm...

[Albert Sandberg]

Isn't sugar also small enough to slip through any holes on the product though? I wouldn't want bits in my electronics rattling about.

I suppose this is why he uses tape to cover other parts than the ones he's cleaning

See?

[RAMMS EIN]

``Cleaning Electronics with Sugar''

See? I've always told my mom that nothing bad was going to happen because of me eating candy over my keyboard. It even keeps it clean!

I wish I knew sooner

[maxrate]

You know how much smack I've wasted doing the same thing?

Careful doing this

[popo]

This technique works great on PDA's and phones where the natural casing texture is what's under the logo,
but if you've got a 'chromed' phone/PDA (particularly with a color), you may find yourself scratching off
the background color as well.

Sometimes the logos are actually printed in 'negative', where the background color 'is' the print and the
logo is negative space.

Hmm

[xinu]

Words of advice: don't add water when rubbing off the logo.

My hands are stiiicky...

Much easier way...

[Anonymous Coward]

I've used this to strip logos before, as long as the plastic can take it, this will wipe them off with only one or two "swipes".

Toothpaste

[Anonymous Coward]

Toothpaste has a very mild abrasive that's great for removing things, but it's a great way to remove small scratches.

And those sticky label ion my laptop?

[mdm42]

Now if someone could tell me how to remove those crappy "Designed for Windows XP" and "Centrino Mobile Technology" labels without leaving a residue or damaging or scratching the casing, I'd be ever so grateful.

I hate those things.

Re:And those sticky label ion my laptop?

[Carnivore]

I'm really good at this. The best way to remove the adhesive residue is to use the residue that stuck to the sticker when you pulled it off. Take the sticker, find an area that has adhesive on it, and stick that part on the residue on your computer. Push, twist, and pull straight out and the residue will roll off. It takes about 30 seconds, and you end up with a totally clean computer.

It's especially useful for notebooks due to the sheer number of the things that they put on them.

Brandalism

[lullabud]

It's actually pretty sad that people would even have to question the legality of removing a logo from a product... that the thought would even enter our brains. The way corporations use their weight to twist moral principles seeds our thoughts with doubt about the other innocent things we're doing...

To take the matter even further to the opposing side, I quote the graffiti artist Banksy, as written in his book "Wall and Piece":

Brandalism

People abuse you every day. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They're on tv making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are the advertisers and they are laughing at you. However, you are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with impunity. Any advert in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't we them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.