Hate Gloss? Sandpaper Has the Answer!

 

A user over at NeoGAF was tired of his new shiny Black DS Lite being screwed up by fingerprints. The next two posts, told him to sandpaper it. Was he being serious? Maybe not, but the user went ahead and did it. Not only that, but he took the words of some other users to heart and made both before and after pictures!

If you’re tired of fingerprints and want a less shiny DS Lite, you might want to look into these pictures. If you want to do a cleaner job than what this user did, you should use wet sandpaper and a buffing machine. This will give you the best results. But enough about that. Click “Full Article” if you want to see all the pictures. We should warn you, it’s not pretty. However, the final product ends up looking really nice.

A user over at NeoGAF was tired of his new shiny Black DS Lite being screwed up by fingerprints. The next two posts, told him to sandpaper it. Was he being serious? Maybe not, but the user went ahead and did it. Not only that, but he took the words of some other users to heart and made both before and after pictures!

If you’re tired of fingerprints and want a less shiny DS Lite, you might want to look into these pictures. If you want to do a cleaner job than what this user did, you should use wet sandpaper and a buffing machine. This will give you the best results. But enough about that. Scroll down if you want to see all the pictures. We should warn you, it’s not pretty. However, the final product ends up looking really nice.

The above pictures are how the DS Lite looked under a lamp and the tools he used to take off the gloss on the DS Lite. As you can see, the DS Lite was so glossy that his camera could focus on the reflection of the lamp on the DS Lite!

The above pictures are how the filing went and how the file looked as dust settled on it! The pictures below are of the DS Lite outside before and after the operation was completed!

Before

After