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| White Powerbook Titanium |
| Written by Alex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, 22 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 If you own a Titanium PowerBook, you've probably experienced the dreaded paint chipping around the casing edge. Most people leave it alone, or try to touch up the spots with a product like TiPaint. Serious Mac modders, like myself, probably aren't satisfied with a little coverup. I got tired of my Powerbook being all chipped and scrapped up, so I decided to paint it! Here's a step by step guide to help you recreate the colorful Powerbook experience! Read on for the guide and pictures.
A while back I took a G3 iBook and repainted it and made it look (in my opinion) awesome. Ever since then, I've been really bored with my plain ol' TiBook... so... here's a new guide. How to Paint Your Titanium Powerbook G4 Tools Needed
The first step is the most important one. Ok, that's a lie. They're all equally important. First, you take apart the computer. This sounds like a pain in the ass, and it is, but it's totally worth it. I followed the guide at pbfixit.com, and taped the screws I took out to a piece of paper with the location they were from written on it. This helped immeasurably, and I highly recommend you do the same. After taking all the components out of the case (hard drive, dvd drive, logic board, ram, keyboard, etc), I had three pieces. The bottom shell, the top with trackpad, and the screen. DON'T take the screen apart! It's stuck together with some epoxy that if you break apart... well, damn, I've heard it's near impossible to get back together. I didn't try it, and neither should you! The next step is to tape off all vital areas. I taped off the power button, the trackpad and mouse clickie-dealie, the screen itself (with lots of paper and tape! Lots!), the Apple logo on the back, and lastly, all the ports and open holes on the inside, from the inside (in case paint got in). I can't stress this step enough. Don't miss a spot! I missed a little spot on the trackpad and on the screen, and it's driving me nuts. There's a little bit of color there, but that little is too much! I then covered the whole thing with one coat of a flat white primer from Ace Hardware, and let it sit a day. The next day, I put three coats of Gloss White spray paint from Ace on there, in one hour intervals. Afterwards I let it dry for a bit over a day. Finally, two coats of gloss were put on over it (also from Ace!), and let dry. Important: Even after a few days, the gloss will be really easy to scratch and muck up, and might feel 'sticky'. Don't touch it! Don't play with the Powerbook! Let it dry for a looooong time, you'll be happy when it forms a hard shell that you did! After a week or so, I put the Powerbook back together again. This was harder than I had expected, and all those dang wires in it kept confusing me. But once it was back together, it worked great! Well, the trackpad didn't work at all for 24 hours, but then it decided to work again and has worked since. That's it! Enjoy!
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