beocom 2, re-anodising?

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demonell (archived)
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Posted May 22, 2008 at 08:41 GMT
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I have a bc2 which frankly has seen better days. I was wandering about the viability of having the phone re-anodised. That would obviously involve removing all the guts of the phone and leaving just the aluminium tube.

Has anyone done this? How easy is it to dissasembe and then re-assemble the bc2?

If this is possible then it should be possible to get the phone looking new again, and in any colour I chose. The actual anodising process is relatively cheap and simple, having made a few calls.

Thanks

Dan

 

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Peter
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Posted May 22, 2008 at 13:44 GMT
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B&O suggest that this unit is not serviceable but is exchanged. The unit taken is returned to Struer. You can remove the battery pack - you need a Torx 6 screwdriver but beyond this I cannot say. I imagine the rest is bonded into place.

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demonell (archived)
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Posted May 22, 2008 at 14:34 GMT
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"exchanged".....?

Do you mean a b&o store will give some allowance against a new one? Any idea how much?

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mobeyone (archived)
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Posted May 22, 2008 at 14:47 GMT
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I have heard that £150 is paid and the phone is exchanged for a new one.
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demonell (archived)
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Posted May 23, 2008 at 05:35 GMT
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9_LEE
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Posted May 23, 2008 at 08:24 GMT
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Are you having it re-anodised in a unique colour or the original one? 🙂

Lee

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meandmyshadow (archived)
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Posted May 23, 2008 at 09:26 GMT
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Unfortunately, you're at a bit of a dead end with this one.  Your right about the swap handsets, they are there if a handset is faulty and dealers have no facility to service them apart from software, if the handset is damaged then Struer will not accept it as an exchange.  When the beocom 2 was developed, one of the most challenging design elements was how to get the various parts in to the phone.  For this, they say they had to develop a method very similar to putting ships in bottles and can only be done with special equipment in denmark. 
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demonell (archived)
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Posted May 23, 2008 at 12:57 GMT
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So the answer then it seems is to bang the phone hard on a table until it doesn't work.

Perfect.

I thought bright pink Lee, for my daughter. 😁

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burantek (archived)
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Posted May 23, 2008 at 13:02 GMT
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hi,

not familiar w/ the bc2's anodising, but... here is an option, perhaps.

if the prob w/ yours is just the anodising, and not cosmetic blemishes such as gouges, etc...

an old trick we used to do was: carefully mask out the anodised section and apply "easy-off" or similar "oven cleaning" product. let it sit for a while, and it may require more applications, but eventually it will remove all of the "color coat" down to the bare aluminum. at this point you could dress the aluminum in whatever fashion -brushed/polished etc... and then you could apply a clearcoat if desired... or even another color coat...
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jandyt (archived)
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Posted May 23, 2008 at 16:12 GMT
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That won't be much use to him Jeff, if he wants to re anodise.
He wont be able to submerge it with all it's innards still in.
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