Painting Apple hardware - what colour? (derp.foo)

submitted 11 months ago by irdc@derp.foo to c/retrocomputing

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I've recently acquired an Apple Macintosh Color Display. Sadly, it's very yellowed (or rather, oranged). I was thinking about forgoing retrobrighting and just going for painting it. Anybody here who's done that before? Any idea how I can most closely match Apple's "platinum" colour?

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[-] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

PANTONE 14-0105 TPG

Also be careful, because some solvents in the paints could melt the plastic. So test it first on a small part on the inside or so.

[-] irdc@derp.foo 1 points 11 months ago

I understood that to be the "Putty" colour of the Apple ][, not the "Platinum" colour Apple was supposedly using at this stage.

[-] IonicFrog 2 points 11 months ago

Maybe this is helpful. https://imgur.com/a/TNpqz

If you find any additional information please share it with the rest of us. I have a really yellowed AppleVision 850 in the project pile. It's too big to redrobright and get an even result.

[-] irdc@derp.foo 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thank you, that is indeed helpful.

I've found a local supplier that can mix Sikkens ON.00.78 for me, which looks to be close to that colour. I've been lightbrighting the plastic for a few days to see how that works out and consider my options.

I'll keep you posted.

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023

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