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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[-] SpeziSuchtel@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

I would try to retrobright it and if you are not happy with the result, you can still paint it. You can also try to sunbright it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8P1OVj0IcqY

Painting it requires sanding, a lot if masking and wears off over time if the device is in use. And it’s irreversible. Once the damage is done, theres no way back.

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

I know. Sadly, there had been a (by now degraded) sticker on top of the monitor which left a clearly visible discolouration that I believe requires a fairly aggressive retrobright to get rid of, which I'm afraid might damage the plastics.

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