Custom Joy-Con
Recently, I had been interested in the Custom Joy-Con scene, seeing as Nintendo's Colour Choices are very... limited, and recently software had been released which actually made the colour of your custom controllers show up as the colour they actually were if you so desired. But there are several problems with each, but I think I have found the ultimate guide for Making Custom Joy-Con.
Before we get started, no matter what you do, no matter what happens, creating custom Joy-Con colours will void your warranty on the controllers, and possibly your console. If you're fine with that than feel free to continue forward.
There are several options for creating custom Joy-Con, I will be showing them here and giving you important notes about all of them.
#1 Painting your Joy-Con
Painting your Joy-Con is the easiest and cheapest option for creating Custom Joy-Con. That being said, it is also the WORST option for creating Custom Joy-Con. Paint can and will wear after long-term use, along with that the texture is not going to feel right. While this does open you up to various types of colours for Joy-Con customisation, it also limits you to varying degrees of quality. Also doing this may cause your controllers to have tight fits when you reassemble them. This is a totally viable option for those on a budget, but you get what you pay for with this option.
#2 Replacing the Housing
Currently, there exist
custom Joy-Con housings for sale. There are various different versions of these replacement Housing, and in fact this is the only variation that can be clear. Although, again quality may vary, and there may be very tight fits for assembly and the plastic still may not always feel quite right. Also, these variants DO NOT include colored SR/SL Buttons to match! Athough If you want clear Joy-Con, this is the choice to look at, otherwise, keep reading.
#3 Vinyl Dye
Vinyl Dye? How could that possibly matter? Well Vinyl Dye has been proven to work on plastic according to
this post online in which someone completely dyed their old PC Computer Case Red and Black. This Dye Seeps into the Plastic and changes it's colour without having to paint it, or having to create a custom plastic recreation. This means the Texture is nearly Identical to the original, and it will
not wear away. However, this is currently untested on Joy-Con, and I'm not entirely sure what effect this will have on the Joy-Con. I do however plan to do this myself with some Gray Joy-Con and report the results After the Experiment.
If you're wondering about the software for the Joy-Con recolouring digitally, go look that up yourself, I'm not sure If I should post that here so I won't.
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