ThinkPad palm rest renewal

In this video I renew the palm rest of my ThinkPad T430. Time and use have made the surface shiny and stains from old stickers have remained. The process is simple and what I needed was a magic sponge with some masking tape. I had to lengthen the process to remove the sticker stains first, a sort of reverse process. What is in this video should not be replicated because I knew how to do it (I have experience with painting) and I know how to go back (the procedure is reversible), unfortunately those who don't know what to do are better off not imitating me because it is easy to ruin everything. The result seems pleasant to me and it is nice to see the shades change as the orientation of the light changes. When I'm tired of the lines I'll change the pattern :-) Greetings to everyone!
Here you can see how I renew my Eee PC with a nice upgrade:
• REFRESHING the Asus Ee...
Here I check the safety of blowing compressed air on PC fans:
• Blowing Compressed Air...
Here I clean my keyboard from sticky plastic:
• Sticky Plastic Removal...
A few jokes about Linux:
• Linux: first time CLI ...
• Linux: approaching the...
Reflections - MK2
Drop the Tapes - TrackTribe
I Feel It All So Deeply - Bail Bonds
#thinkpad #laptop #renewal

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

You can take a look at my other PC-themed videos:
Eee PC upgrade: th-cam.com/video/oCSuYR-K7Ts/w-d-xo.html
Safety of blowing compressed air on PC fans: th-cam.com/video/Q2BJgp_0BcY/w-d-xo.html

[@uwuhater]

For myself, i think it turned out good 👍

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Thank you! This was an experiment. I'll do better next time with a new pattern. At least I hope so 😀

[@4tni]

Very good, I'll try to do it, the part about lubricating the surface with vaseline oil is a good idea, since the plastic seems to be a little dry.

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

HI! The vaseline oil on my PC worked very well, it brought the plastic back to a nice shiny black. Very little is needed and once spread on the surface it can be removed with a cloth. It must be reapplied, it is not a definitive procedure, but at least it is non-toxic and harmless (considering that we put our hands on it) and can be done in two minutes. Thanks for the comment!

[@grimzent]

Really well edited and well done surprised there arent more views :)

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Thanks for the compliment! Honestly, I've been posting videos for a short time (a few months), I don't know if the views are few, or rather, I don't know what to expect :-)

[@kosztaz87]

Wow, impressive results. Those sticker marks annoy the hell out of me, and always wondered whether there was an easy way to remove them. Unfortunately I have to say this is way too much work for me, so I will just live with them. I really should have removed those stickers when I got the machine, I think my problrm is now that the plastic has a different level of wornness where the stickers used to be.

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Hi! The work I did is just a test, I will try to improve the procedure but the problem is that the supports are always different: shiny, opaque, with textured surfaces, worn plastic, oxidized paint, plastic and paint color change due to light over the years (which remains new under the adhesive), etc. I don't think there is a single way to solve the problem, my little knowledge of painting and sanding helped me but the stains are still slightly visible (this is why I camouflaged it with the striped pattern). I'll cover the entire top part when I decide to unscrew the entire laptop and I also have another computer to deal with, let's see what happens!

[@sidizzzz]

Just a hint, next time when you do those flashing scenes.
Tell it somewhere that epileptic people can avoid that video.
But other than that, good video and i have to do it myself too. Thanks! :)

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Hi. I hadn't thought about this ☹️. Can you tell me which minute you're referring to so I can at least put a subtitle just before it

[@sidizzzz]

​​@@OrdinaryLife-ABCfor an example this scene where you rub the palm rest, starts at 1.55min

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

I put a subtitle there. I'll take this into account for future videos, thanks for the heads up!

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Good evening Sidizzzz, sorry if I'm still writing about this topic after a month to you. I learned to use the TH-cam Studio Editor and I eliminated any flashing scenes from this video and the others I produced. I hope this video is now safe although I still use a quick clip update (I hope it doesn't cause problems). Thanks again for the advice

[@sidizzzz]

@@OrdinaryLife-ABC Looks good now :) I'm going to try that oil to make my thinkpad shiny again.

[@peymankhademi4022]

Nice!

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Thank you. This was a first attempt, next time I will do better 😀

[@Derangolicious]

Dope!

[@OrdinaryLife-ABC]

Thank you so much!