Let me explain a little more what went into the process. To understand what processes I could use to treat the surface of the phone I had to first know what it was made of. I began by using an optical microscope. I forget the exact model but I was informed this particular microscope cost $30,000 and used Karel Suse optics.
Here are some of the photos taken at different magnifications.
LCD screen, its crazy how you can see the pixel breakdown
Front speaker, I think their is some lint in it...
Back housing, you can make out the "i" and "P" in "iPhone"
Front bezel, you can see how scrached up the stock coating gets from just pocket use...
My goal was not only to change the color of the phone but also make it
more durable then Apple.
These microscope pictures are fun but told me little about the chemical makeup of the device itself. For that I needed something a bit more powerful. I turned to a scanning electron microscope. I am fairly certain I am the first person to ever analyze an iPhone under an electron microscope. I will post more about this and some pictures once I scan them.