Anyone have this happen? Black from battery seems to be falling off.

[big_onion]

Most of the black around the button on this manual battery flaked off easily, but the rest of it seems pretty firmly on there. Any ideas on how to just go ahead and remove the rest? I like the black, but since this happened I ended up ordering an X2 in just the silver. I don't mind the silver at all, and if some kind of solvent might remove it easily then I'll go ahead and do that. I don't see the point in shipping it back, and it works perfectly fine so I don't really want a replacement.

Any ideas on how to strip the whole thing?

 

[ktazz]

I used my finger nails to peel it off. Try to get a good portion of it then just hold that portion and start peeling. Did this with my blue spinner now it's silver!

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[Jingles]

Same here-my blue spinner is now silver also. It was flaking so bad, that I just peeled the rest off with my fingernails.

 

[CatLady007]

This is somewhat disturbing. I'm betting SI is not pleased.

 

[badchevy]

Actually SI says this is not an issue, they instead say you abused your battery.

 

[BiXLL]

Actually SI says this is not an issue, they instead say you abused your battery.

That does not sound like SI to me, or at least what I have experienced from them?

 

[Garemlin]

One of my blacks has a few scratches but they are from careless transport in my case. It rubbed against the knurled part of my T3. Hasn't peeled anymore from where the scratches are yet. But if it does I have no one to blame but myself. Hope my other two don't experience this.

I'm wondering if some people experience the peeling because of juice seeping down on the coated surface. Or over cleaning with alcohol. Just a thought.

 

[Jingles]

I never clean the colored part of my batteries with alcohol. I might have had a little juice leakage in the case where I carry my batteries. I admit that all my batteries rub together in my case. If that's the problem though, why aren't all of my batteries peeling? Just my blue ones?

 

[big_onion]

One of my blacks has a few scratches but they are from careless transport in my case. It rubbed against the knurled part of my T3. Hasn't peeled anymore from where the scratches are yet. But if it does I have no one to blame but myself. Hope my other two don't experience this.

I'm wondering if some people experience the peeling because of juice seeping down on the coated surface. Or over cleaning with alcohol. Just a thought.

It might have something to do with the juice. It started around the button, and I know if my CE3s are leaking I'm getting juice kinda everywhere. However, it started peeling away in some spots where it had gotten scratches from my keys.

I'm not overly upset about it -- I kinda like the steel look, and I feel like it's partially my fault for just tossing it in my pocket sometimes. I think I'll try rubbing some alcohol into it to see if I can get the rest of it off.

 

[Standpoint]

I've had this happen on some of my gear. I find that black seems more susceptible to it than the white or green. I've had it happen with other vendors gear, too. I am really rough on my gear though.

 

[J Beard]

I have had this happen to 2 of mine (yella auto and a red manual) but it was after about a year of riding in my pocket with all of my other junk. By this time the batteries have started to lose their zip anyway. I have just scraped it off with my fingernail.
I know its my fault and wrapped a little electrical tape around them as I like to have more grip on them. Have to change the tape every couple of weeks. I now have replacements on order.

 

[Ritzo90]

Happened to mine to, after much abuse. Still works fine, done a trip or two through the wash. I got sick of having an ugly battery so I ordered another one. I have had an issue with a bad thread on the battery once, SI were very kind and sent me a new one. Got to love their CS.

 

[NewJersey]

Sounds like SI needs to send some muscle to their manufacture and tell them to get QC under control.