Color iBooks & PowerBooks

Oh man thats great, so temped to send away and get it done. But just what colour to take....Hrmmm!
 
I liked the carbon color. The candy apple red looks good too. Both would match my Honda CBR600RR. My fastest machine!
 
It looks like the color is modded using Photoshop. I want to see the actual product photo. Has anyone got theirs done?
 
Why are there so many dowdy, murky-looking colors?

What next? Wood panelling? :p

The price tag is pretty steep.

What would be good is if you could have you company logo or livery placed on them...

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That's seriously cool. The iPods aren't too expensive to get done, maybe that's how they hook you in for laptops too. I bet the shipping's probably loads though, didn't manage to find out on the site.
 
I mean is it powder coating?, Spray enamel. Krylon?. No where on the site do they even mention how it is done.

I am considering powder coating my AlBook and my 1G iPod the same dull finish dark Green. Can't ell though what the finish will actually look like.

Annyone else have powder coating done and does it have to ahve a gloss or dull finish? Or is it a choice?

Mike
 
I remember IGN reviewing these guys some time ago. They mentioned they were very happy with the GameCube they recolored; they did a very professional job.
 
macmikey said:
I mean is it powder coating?, Spray enamel. Krylon?. No where on the site do they even mention how it is done.

I am considering powder coating my AlBook and my 1G iPod the same dull finish dark Green. Can't ell though what the finish will actually look like.

Annyone else have powder coating done and does it have to ahve a gloss or dull finish? Or is it a choice?

Mike
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From what I saw, it's probably a lacqeur based paint or maybe it's urthane. Think auto paint. If you look they have an option for a high-gloss clear coat, so it's definitely paint. That and I don't think it's possible that plastic could be powder coated.

Powder coating is usually a satin or matte type of finish. The costs associated with it (to get it done right) are somewhat high, and I doubt your case would hold up to the 'torture' of it. It just seems to thin to handle the application and there's usually a substantial amount of heat involved. Aluminum also presents a special issue with it bonding correctly (paint or powder).

http://www.saf.com/rightfinish.html

My experience with it has come off custom cars/trucks. We had some spindles powder coated, and they were worried about those not withstanding the process (1" thick aluminum). The finish is durable, probably more so than the usual paint, but it's much more costly too.
 
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