Hiding white text on camera

Pariah Zero

Pariah Zero

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I own a Panorama G, which has one problem: Bright white text that says "Safe Driving Black Box" on the front. It kinda draws the eye to the camera.

The first thought I had to hide it was electrical tape - but the stuff gets gooey, doesn't like high temperatures, and doesn't come off clean.

So other than something permanent and/or destructive (like painting over it), or messy, like electrical tape, what other options have people used?
 
can't remember what it's called but someone posted previously about a type of eraser for rubbing this back to get rid of it, it's only silkscreened on but is tricky to get off cleanly
 
jokiin said:
can't remember what it's called but someone posted previously about a type of eraser for rubbing this back to get rid of it, it's only silkscreened on but is tricky to get off cleanly
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I think you are referring to Niko's post on using graffiti remover. https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...o-from-dashcamera-body-shell.5814/#post-68570

Edit: My preference has been to remove the guts, or at least the front of the camera casing and spray paint it with Rustoleum Ultra Flat camo paint.
 
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Dashmellow said:
Sometimes the search feature here has trouble unearthing older posts compared to other forums.
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not really, I just can't remember the name of the product that was used, I'm sure it would be indexed, my necktop computer is running low on memory unfortunately
 
I don't know. It seems like I have more trouble searching for older threads here and a few other members have mentioned it but perhaps it just feels that way. It does seem to be biased to bringing up newer threads when I search though.
 
the product I read about was only mentioned in the last week or so, unfortunately as I read every post it's a bit much to recall exactly where it was, too long ago from a post count perspective
 
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Electrical tape should work, cope with the heat and come off cleanly, I suspect you used some cheap stuff.

I used a dremel with a very fine abrasive bit, guess it does the same job as a fibre pen but with less effort. Followed by a quick polish with a bit of t-cut equivalent and you can't see where the writing was.
 
I got my fiber pen from Radio Shack, I think... Oddly enough, I bought it for my electronics hobby a few years back.

The notion that I could use it for a dash cam didn't even occur to me, but it does make sense. I can't argue that it's a very precise way to sand an area.

For that matter, I do enough airbrushing for yet another hobby that I keep 3000 grit sandpaper in stock, as well as polishing compounds. I've got the tools to sand down the silkscreen, and then buff the thing to a high gloss. (Though gloss doesn't seem desirable for a dash cam)

My #1 consideration is voiding my warranty - I don't want to do that. Painting and abrasives seem likely to do that. Maybe in a year...
 
Perhaps a coat of flat black plasti dip, that should peel right off.
 
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