WHEN will apple learn. Jeeeez. STOP PAINTING your products. Nobody else in the industry has these problems. My ibm thinkpad is black and has been without chipping for 5 yrs now and I treat that like crap.
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Black Macbook Peeling
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Clydefrog said:My 12 G4 Powerbook latch is discolored and chippedI have no idea how it happened, i didn't scratch it or anything.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/Clid/16-08-06_1145-1.jpg
The same thing happened to me. But I know that it's from wear. It's 2 years old and my fingernail runs over it about 10 times a day opening the lid. The button has a thin layer... it's bound to peel.
it seems that it is a very rare case with blackbook; however, I thought that apple laptops are really super durable (like ibm).. im planning to switch to apple (blackbook) soon and i am a bit afraid. I dont care about my 2 ibm laptops too much and still they look great...hmm..
mikesk8 said:
It was just the coating on the battery that was poor quality. They were probably assembling the two components at different factories and were screwing it up at the one. I can tell you from experience the body coating is very hard to remove. Sharp objects against it will scratch it, but to actually make the paint peel is impossible.
kmarketing said:
I guess he didn't actually want a shiny one - it just turned out that way but if that's what your heart desires it's do-able!
http://www.colorwarepc.com/products/select_mb_white.aspx?configid=1225
My thread above is asking if anyone has tried this process and also if Apple use this process on the black MB.
Gosh said:
Nope I wanted a shiny one.
I'm just not done yet. The bottom is polished, the top is about 75% stripped. This is a painstaking process which I would not recommend to anyone. In addition, its becoming almost impossible to remove all the scratches leaving it with a well used shiny look. Depending on how well the top comes out I may still use a high quality automotive paint with a clear coat to paint the sucker. One can should do the job, but using a can is less than ideal, but I'm not about to drop $80 for a pint of the stuff, not including clearcoat.
I've never used colorware products but the pics they have are leaving me very unimpressed. Also the premium is absurd for the Macbook. For a lot less money you could disassemble the macbook and take the shell to an automotive shop, which would probably result in a much higher quality color/finish, not to mention you wouldn't be limited in your color choices.
brbubba is right. I bought mine at an actual Apple Store in June and I have no peeling or scratches whatsoever. The only problem I have is that my finger prints are allover it an I can't get them off. Anybody know what to clean it with?
