Paint Code/Color for Metal Parts of PPC Cases and Any Actual Beige LCDs?

[quicksilver]

I've got a 7100 and a 9500 That need some cosmetic work. I've had good luck retrobrighting Macs in the past and the plastics aren't too yellow on these systems. I'm going to go ahead with that assuming the 9500 doesn't crumble when I open it.

They do both have some scratches on the metal parts of their cases, particularly the 7100 which is down to bare metal in a few small spots.

I know I've recently seen a Pantone color for the paint and I think even a recommendations for a very close paint available in spray cans which would be even easier than using a paint gun and the color doesn't need to exactly match the plastic parts of the cases.

But now I'm having no luck finding the thread.

And on the topic of color matching, are there any LCDs out there that are close to the old beige? Even the old 1280 x 1024 4:3 monitors that I see look more white then beige in photos.

If I can find a good paint for the Mac cases I'm considering painting most of a Sony SDM-HS95. The black version has a silver bar below the monitor with the Sony logo and the labels for the controls. That could be left alone so no labels are painted over. The rest of the black plastic case could be disassembled and painted beige. That might make a decent 19" 4:3 LCD.

 

[olePigeon]

Here's one of the threads.

Pantone 453 is "Apple Beige." Then it comes in C for coated paper, and U for uncoated. The formulation is slightly different based on how much the surface material will absorb it. So if you're painting metal, probably use 453 C.

As for Apple Platinum, according to Apple: "Apple does not normally use PMS color charts or Pantone color numbers to designate the platinum color that is now the company standard. Our platinum color number on a coded PMS chart is somewhere between 420 and 421, somewhat closer to 421. (This depends on the age of the chart and the light source used for viewing it."

"Heavy Hammock" is the premade paint that's very close to Apple Beige.

 

[Phipli]

Just to be clear, Apple only used "beige" up to halfway through the Plus build, what you're looking for is the platinum olePigeon mentioned, not the Beige.

 

[quicksilver]

Thanks. I checked out the thread and it looks like I did actually see a spray can paint recommended but it’s not the platinum that I need. I don’t think I need the beige for anything but that Heavy Hammock looks really dark, at least on my screen.

 

[Phipli]

Thanks. I checked out the thread and it looks like I did actually see a spray can paint recommended but it’s not the platinum that I need. I don’t think I need the beige for anything but that Heavy Hammock looks really dark, at least on my screen.

I'm not quite sure I follow - the 7100 and 9500 computers you mentioned, that colour isn't "beige". Beige is quite a dark colour that only the very earliest macs were coloured.

Do you mean you are looking for platinum, or you're not looking for platinum - your sentence could mean either.

Note olePigeon said regarding Platinum (the colour you should be looking for) :

As for Apple Platinum, according to Apple: "Apple does not normally use PMS color charts or Pantone color numbers to designate the platinum color that is now the company standard. Our platinum color number on a coded PMS chart is somewhere between 420 and 421, somewhat closer to 421. (This depends on the age of the chart and the light source used for viewing it."