Stripped TiBook

mrmister · October 17, 2002 2:07AM

I've been waiting for this--someone finally stripped all the paint from a TiBook, and posted pictures of the process.

<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/alasaracina/PhotoAlbum21.html"; target="_blank">Ti stripped down to bare Titanium, plus a backlight hack.</a>

I think I like it. i wish they would post more substantive details on what they used to do the stripping, recommendations, etc.

i have a Ti500 laying around due to a strange work situation, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't give this a try.

ghost_user_name · October 17, 2002 3:24AM

Yeesh. The swirls and smears make it look like he did a very uneven job applying whatever chemical that was.

I don't know about the TiBooks, but the G4 Tower (and I've read the white iBook also) paint dissolves in 90+% isopropyl alcohol. I did mine a long time ago. It was very easy. I was going to dremil some holes in the metal case and put some cold cathode lights inside, but I got lazy and didn't get around to cutting.

trevorm · October 17, 2002 3:34AM

Very intersting pictures but really not amazed by it all!

Why in gods name would you FVCK up your TiBook to make it look like shite?

mrmister · October 17, 2002 7:26AM

Exactly...mine has some issues as well cosmetically. I can't really tell what it looks like from the photos--ifit came out sort of grungy/industrial, that might be cool.

eman · October 17, 2002 2:56PM

That thing looks pretty ugly.

murbot · October 17, 2002 4:59PM

That was the work of vmarks, a moderator over at MacNN.

Looks a little uneven, but there are no "before" pictures to compare to. Could be a big improvement.

Took some big cahonies, anyway.

escher · October 17, 2002 10:12PM

[quote]Originally posted by Brad:

the G4 Tower ... paint dissolves in 90+% isopropyl alcohol. I did mine a long time ago.<hr></blockquote>

That clear G4 of yours looks quite nice, Brad. If I end up replacing my iMac with a PowerMac, I'll be very tempted to get some <a href="http://www.appleskinz.com/"; target="_blank">AppleSkinz</a>.

I especially like the red carbon fibre covers. Their website says that they've got replacement panels for iBooks coming as well. I would love a black or red carbon fibre case for my iBook. The only thing I'm afraid of is the Oreo effect: a layer of white cream between two layers of black chocolate cookie would look odd.

Escher

[ 10-17-2002: Message edited by: Escher ]

bradbower · October 20, 2002 7:27PM

I like it. Looks industrial, more interesting than just regular boring PowerBooks at least... I'd do it, if I had a PowerBook that I wasn't dependant on, was out of warranty, and had a big ol' dent in the top of it like his did/does (especially if it was dented like that.. it looks terrible with just the dent in the paintjob).

The only thing I wonder about is why he didn't do all over the case.. I parts still with paint.

I'd like to see someone strip the paint and anodize the PowerBook some tasteful color.

dfiler · October 21, 2002 10:28AM

[quote]Originally posted by Brad:

Yeesh. The swirls and smears make it look like he did a very uneven job applying whatever chemical that was.

I don't know about the TiBooks, but the G4 Tower (and I've read the white iBook also) paint dissolves in 90+% isopropyl alcohol. I did mine a long time ago. It was very easy. I was going to dremil some holes in the metal case and put some cold cathode lights inside, but I got lazy and didn't get around to cutting.

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Do you have any more photos of this... I just thought up something to do tonight

Stripped TiBook

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