quicksilver
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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.
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.