7 Steps How To Shrink A Silicone Phone Case

How To Shrink A Silicone Phone Case - Whether it's headphones, a new charging cable, or a nice phone case, when you're shopping for accessories for your phone, you want them to last. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. When you buy a new phone case, it usually fits your mobile device snugly and snugly, giving it the protection it deserves. However, some phone cases can stretch or wear out over time. In particular, phone cases made out of silicone (or with a silicone component) tend to loosen over the years of use. Don't worry, it's amazing what a little boiling water can do.

• Boiling the Case

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Make sure there is enough liquid to submerge the phone. Treat it like cooking a pot of pasta, only with completely inedible plastic instead of linguine.

Make sure the only thing you put in the water is the silicone material. Don't put your phone in the boiling water! If your case contains hard plastic components, remove them from the silicone before proceeding.

2. Carefully lower your case into the boiling water. Allow the case to heat up for 30 seconds to 1 minute. As the case heats up, it expands. This ensures that the phone case becomes malleable and workable.

Make sure the casing does not touch the bottom or sides of the cooking vessel to avoid melting the casing.

3. Use pliers throughout the process. While your phone jacket takes a hot bath, your hands and fingers should stay away from it. You should use a good pair of tongs that you are comfortable with to move the case over the water while heating.

Cooling and Refitting

1. Use the tongs to remove the casing from the boiling water. Keep a bowl of cold water nearby. Submerge the phone case in your bowl of cold water. The cold water quickly stops the cooking process. As the shell cools, it contracts and shrinks.

2. After 30 seconds to 1 minute, remove the case from the cold water. The case doesn't have to be freezing when you take it off, but you should be able to touch it with your hands. If the case still feels a little warm, that's okay as long as it's cooled down significantly.

Your cold water bath doesn't have to be freezing cold, but it should be cold enough to cool off the hot phone case. The colder the water bath, the less time it will take to proceed to the next step.

3. Thoroughly dry the silicone case. Find a clean kitchen towel or tea towel that you can use to completely wrap and dry the phone case. You must ensure that the material that comes into contact with your phone is free of water to avoid damaging the phone itself.

If you don't have a tea towel, a large hand towel will suffice. Again, make sure the towel is clean as the dried case will go back onto your phone.

Avoid using paper towels. Paper scraps could get caught in the housing.

Also, avoid using hand dryers as the direct heat could compromise the integrity of the case.

4. Put the silicone case back on your phone. As the silicone material continues to cool, it will continue to shrink and better fit the phone case components or the phone itself. After cooling completely, you should have a phone case that is firmer and regains some of its original shape.