Steelbook Spine Removal Tutorial Video!

[cudzndrips]

I thought i'd upload to youtube my little tutorial I did showing how to remove a Steelbook spine and adding artwork to it.

Tutorial on Steelbook Spine Removal and Adding Artwork - YouTube

[Ben_R]

Nice tutorial I still don't have the bottle to do this though

[ManUtd]

Very cool video, thanks for sharing!

[Blu_Ray_Addict]

Very nice video! Excellent tutorial! Thank you for sharing this with us sir. It will be very helpful to lots of members. I know I will be using this when it comes time as I have a lot of Steelbooks I need to work on but have been afraid to attempt. This tutorial is detailed enough and will give me confidence in trying to remove the spine. That double sided clear tape is brilliant. lol. Will a simple Goo Gone bottle work instead of the spray you used to remove the glue?

[cudzndrips]

[QUOTE Will a simple Goo Gone bottle work instead of the spray you used to remove the glue?[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your comments, I'm sure goo gone will work just as good as its pretty much the same as the sticky stuff remover.

[Zero_Cool]

I like the orange kitty.

[deanmotley]

Brilliant video,I just wish someone would give the exact dimensions for the inner artwork.
Its the centre part I can never work out :-)

[Supernaut]

Very good tutorial, but I'm with Ben, I still don't have the bottle!

[(W)KRP]

All for the love of SteelBooks. Super video. Editing was perfect. Just get the lighting straightened out (re-orient your location to the window or use directed light). The hairdryer works much quicker than I expected. I've got some converted jumbos that need spines. I'll look for that thin double-stick tape. The standard stuff is 2-3x too thick.

[cudzndrips]

Originally Posted by (W)KRP

All for the love of SteelBooks. Super video. Editing was perfect. Just get the lighting straightened out (re-orient your location to the window or use directed light). The hairdryer works much quicker than I expected. I've got some converted jumbos that need spines. I'll look for that thin double-stick tape. The standard stuff is 2-3x too thick.

Here's the link for the double-sided tape which is actually 6mm wide and not 5 as I state in the video.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stix2-Double...9454592&sr=8-3

[cheerup38]

Originally Posted by cudzndrips

Here's the link for the double-sided tape which is actually 6mm wide and not 5 as I state in the video.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stix2-Double...9454592&sr=8-3

Its bad enough some of us gotta import the steelies.....now tape! lol

[ImStylinOnYaBro]

scares the hell out of me watching this. i could never ballock up and do this, even though i REALLY want to for my artwork-less interiors

[bgmat58]

Any way you can point us in the direction of some tape on AMZ US which will work or is the same size?

Originally Posted by cudzndrips

Here's the link for the double-sided tape which is actually 6mm wide and not 5 as I state in the video.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stix2-Double...9454592&sr=8-3

[Blu-Boy in BKK]

That tape is the bomb. I was using 3M tape, however I have noticed that that starts to turn yellowish and opaque after a while. This stuff is seriously clear.
My newly renovated 2 disc play editions of Transformers, Forrest Gump looks spectacular as do my Looper, I Am Legend and Snow White & The Huntsman.
As soon as I acquire some more 2 Disc inserts I will be converting my Play.com Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by bgmat58

Any way you can point us in the direction of some tape on AMZ US which will work or is the same size?

What about something like this?

(Not saying this is a comparative thing, but it looks like it)

[cudzndrips]

Yeah that looks pretty much the same as the tape i use, the red effect is just the top coating.

[kevindublin]

Excellent video.

I'm inspired to have a go at it myself now!

[Blu-Boy in BKK]

I've been converting Steelbooks for about 4 1/2 years now (one of the first, if not the first) and this tape is the best thing to happen for us converters. Even the best 3M tape is paper based so it will always be opaque, and as I said previously after a while it turns a nasty Yellow, your blue artwork now looks green, reds now orange. Plus it also breaks up and looses tackiness after a while at room temperature. I intend to stock up one this just in case. Only problem is now I have to redo all my previous conversions, that's about 150, including all the frame changes I did (3 disc to 2 disc etc)

[kevindublin]

Well I finally had a go at this, and whilst it went OK for a first time, IM not 100% happy with the spine. It sticks out a little too much, and you can see the white paper underneath. I just used normal photo paper, is that what everyone else uses, or is there a special thin paper?

[Blu-Boy in BKK]

Go for the lighter GSM paper, it's much thinner. Also make the artwork a little bit narrower so that it will not show from under the metal spine plate.