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Cleaning Electronics with Sugar

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sticky-situations dept.

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!"

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  1. One sweet PDA? by GIL_Dude · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the sugar makes it one sweet PDA?

  2. Sweet by MrSteveSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet!

  3. Anyone else more interested in the by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

    DIY stripper pole that was advertised on the left side?

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  4. Re:Hm... by Albert+Sandberg · · Score: 4, Informative

    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

  5. See? by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 4, Funny

    ``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!

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  6. Careful doing this by popo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

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  7. Hmm by xinu · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    My hands are stiiicky...

  8. Toothpaste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  9. Brandalism by lullabud · · Score: 4, Insightful
    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.