What colour should I powder coat my T41p

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Toine · #1 Post by **Toine** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:44 pm

I shipped my lcd lid cover (t41p) to the states to get powder coated(painted).
And I was wondering what colour to coat it in.

northyen.dk · #2 Post by **northyen.dk** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:01 pm

WHAT! Heresy!

An Thinkpad stays black, EOD.

;)

lithium726 · #3 Post by **lithium726** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:56 pm

o_O

and I thought the titanium Z series notebooks were weird...

TimWang · #4 Post by **TimWang** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:28 pm

I think yellow and lime green will work if you absolutely need to have your thinkpad painted.

pianowizard · #5 Post by **pianowizard** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:34 pm

Painting a Thinkpad will dramatically reduce its value. Are you sure you want to do this?

Toine · #6 Post by **Toine** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:42 pm

Actually, I bought a cheap T40 to test it on. That one I'm going to sell, and if you have your cover changed by a ibm service center there will be no problems. I even think you have a one of a kind, very durable (powder coating, instead of painting) laptop that will increase the net. worth.

#7 Post by **jdhurst** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:55 pm

I am living in a different world. I would not pay any premium for a ThinkPad that had been tampered with in an unprofessional way (I don't care what kind of paint job). A well cared-for laptop with no physical harm, good screen, few scuffs and all the parts and accessories would fetch a higher premium from me. ... JD Hurst

#8 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:00 pm

I vote for Baby Blue. Kinda like Big Blue, but for the smaller fry.

#9 Post by **daeojkim** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:02 pm

The only way I would paint my Thinkpad is to get super glossy Jet Black from a professional autoshop with protective coating. Just like you would do it for an automobile. Then I could wax it once in a while.

Actually it may be cheaper to do that than send it in for laptop painting place.

Any other color it would not look right.

egibbs · #10 Post by **egibbs** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:12 am

I vote for the color of the hot rod in American Graffiti - as I recall it was described as "sort of a cross between piss yeller and puke green."

Ed Gibbs

CyberDuc748 · #11 Post by **CyberDuc748** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:33 am

Don't think you thinkpad lids would survive the high temp bake after powder coating. It would either melt of warp.

Toine · #12 Post by **Toine** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:07 am

There is the possibility that it warps indeed, but that's why i bought it as a spare part. (here in holland we don't pay for shipping for ibm parts, so it was kind of cheap even

)
My guess is, if you let it cool off very slowly, it will "warp" back. And the point about melting.........eh, the melting temperature is like 2000 degrees, so that's not even a threat.

#13 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:34 am

Toine wrote:And the point about melting.........eh, the melting temperature is like 2000 degrees, so that's not even a threat.

What is the lid of your T41 made of?

DOE Publication wrote:The ignition temperature of massive magnesium is very close to its melting point of 650 degrees C (1,202 degrees F).

http://www.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard ... 1081c.html

If it is titanium.

LSU.EDU wrote:# Melting point: 1668ºC
# Boiling point: 3260ºC
# IGnition Temperature: 250ºC

http://www.camd.lsu.edu/msds/t/titanium_plate.htm

Toine · #14 Post by **Toine** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:41 am

Of a magnesium alloy.......not totally sure what kind. But I did not know the melting temperature of pure magnesium was so low. Ah well..........lets hope it works!

It should look really cool, and something different from the rest!

#15 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:12 am

Toine wrote:something different from the rest!

Of that I have no doubt.

Toine · #16 Post by **Toine** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:21 am

But the poll is saying I have to coat it lime green..........

I was thinking of orange myself. (with a booq bag, they are orange and black too).

cantsleepcatswilleatme · #17 Post by **cantsleepcatswilleatme** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:50 am

I think this is a great idea.

If I had the money for it, I'd do it right now.

YOu could also just have it polished to a high gloss.....leave it bare metal.

Best of luck and be sure to post pics of the finished product!

B

Toine · #18 Post by **Toine** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:55 pm

I tryed that, but the bare metal just didn't look right.

AIX · #19 Post by **AIX** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:10 pm

You can paint it any color, so long as it's black

Website · #20 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:18 pm

How about adding a "Leave it Black" option and see what your total responses are?

Toine · #21 Post by **Toine** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:23 pm

hahaha, I wanted to change it but I cannot edit the poll.

And besides, black shinny is a option, but not original.

metalfaceplates.com · #22 Post by **metalfaceplates.com** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:03 am

Hi everyone, im the person that will be Powder Coating this cover for Toine. He just showed me this thread, and I had absolutely no idea there there would be such a response for this type of modification. Amazing.

I myself own the old R-32 Thinkpad. I love it, but wish I had a newer model! I wish that model had a metal top cover, cause I would have Powder Coated it YEARS ago. Im a huge Yellow fan, so I would have done it in Gloss Yellow for sure. I just casted my vote above for Yellow, but its not my choice....we will see what he decides on.

We will post pics for sure, so stay tuned for that.

Im still amazed as to how many people have taken an interest in this type of modd. We will see how this one turns out, and if it works out good, maybe I will start to offer this service for everyone.

Toine · #23 Post by **Toine** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:28 am

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