Vandy Vape Simple EX Strip Tease?

[Vapaneezer Scrooge]

I saw someone post a Simple EX partially stripped down but can't find it now, anyone seen this?

I want to strip mine down to polish it to bare metal but not sure if the screen is bonded.

 

[Deleted member 58360]

I saw someone post a Simple EX partially stripped down but can't find it now, anyone seen this?

I want to strip mine down to polish it to bare metal but not sure if the screen is bonded.

No, not bonded.

Give me a minute

 

[Deleted member 58360]

Use your nails or something like a plastic guitar plectrum to work around the screen section, the bottom has to come out first, you'll see why when it's free (tabs are inserted at the top):

Don't lose the buttons...

Then the middle section unclips and slides out through the bottom of the frame - easiest to push down inside where the bottle lives:

That'll give access to the inside of the 510, you'll have to desolder the wires here (probably easier than at the board, but up to you):

Then remove a pair of (t6 iirc) screws from the top of the 510 and pop it out.

 

[Vapaneezer Scrooge]

Use your nails or something like a plastic guitar plectrum to work around the screen section, the bottom has to come out first, you'll see why when it's free (tabs are inserted at the top):

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Don't lose the buttons...

Then the middle section unclips and slides out through the bottom of the frame - easiest to push down inside where the bottle lives:

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That'll give access to the inside of the 510, you'll have to desolder the wires here (probably easier than at the board, but up to you):

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Then remove a pair of (t6 iirc) screws from the top of the 510 and pop it out.

Perfect thanks mate you're a star

Black has worn a bit on mine so going to try a full shiny polish where I can get to.

 

[Deleted member 58360]

Perfect thanks mate you're a star

Black has worn a bit on mine so going to try a full shiny polish where I can get to.

No worries - I took mine apart a while back because I tried a different rda that turned out to have a leaky bottom (probably my previous pic you saw in a thread about the cells in internally powered mods).

Once you've had it apart once it's dead simple to do again, so I did it again

Let me know how it works out shiny

 

[Vapaneezer Scrooge]

Manage to get it apart thanks to your help, unsoldered the 510 pin and hand sanded it ready for polishing, looks superb even hand sanded with 7000 grit wet & dry

Sanding was a piece of piss as the coating was thin as fuk.

 

[Deleted member 58360]

Be interesting to see how it looks I think.

They only do the black chassis afaik so a shiny one will be pretty much unique.

The only bit that concerned me slightly was that (iirc) the chassis is a zinc alloy, so there's a good chance of patchiness of colouring on it if you leave it bare.

You planning on anything like a lacquer coat?

 

[Vapaneezer Scrooge]

I did the same to a Billet Box and it's lasted months without needing a polish, problem with lacquering is any corrosion underneath can't be polished out, I had this problem on so Vespa parts.

I have done a little dry fit to see how it's going to look and I love it already.

So leaving it bare is the answer.

 

[Deleted member 58360]

Something that used to work for me on polished ally bike parts is well buffed pledge (furniture polish).

 

[Vapaneezer Scrooge]

The only bit that concerned me slightly was that (iirc) the chassis is a zinc alloy, so there's a good chance of patchiness of colouring on it if you leave it bare.

Turns out you were right, it's started to patch, came out easily with Brasso cotton but in hindsight I should have gone with your suggestion of clearcoat.