Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
naked macbook pro
- Thread starter dwong506
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
MAN! thank looks awesome. I would so show off in a coffee shop or airport just because its unique and nobody has it, yet.
to be honest though, i would never have guts to do that to a macbookpro... you could end up with a unusable hunk of metal.
to be honest though, i would never have guts to do that to a macbookpro... you could end up with a unusable hunk of metal.
Redo using really really fine sandpaper, then it'll look good, looks pretty bodged at the moment, good job though for having the balls for doing it, one day when mine gets replaced I might do the same.
Seriously? I'm sure it looks slick in person.
That carbon fiber looks awesome. I wonder how it handles heat......
Well, it was pretty much a mistake using 220 sandpaper. You should have used 1000 or more. It takes a long time, but you wouldnt have those deep scratches that will be hard to buff out. But youll definitely have to use a buffing wheel, the bench grinder method will probably give you the most control over the pressure, which is important. Since you used such rough grit, youll probably need to use rough medium and fine buffing compound.
Something such as this will probably be good for your purposes.
Something such as this will probably be good for your purposes.
Does this unique "underground" jewelry start out as expensive, professional work that is purchased for a substantial sum only to be scratched into unsellable trash by the owner?
The last time I saw someone go through this much trouble to "uglify" their hardware it was because they wanted to prevent people from stealing it. And lo and behold, it worked.
lol. Not that I didn't expect it, but some of the responses in this thread are priceless.
"Your opinion is wrong!!" "No, yours is!" "I decide what looks good and what doesn't and it's a universal truth!"
Cracks me up.
"Your opinion is wrong!!" "No, yours is!" "I decide what looks good and what doesn't and it's a universal truth!"
Cracks me up.
Yes it does!
Now go get me a large double double at Tim Hortons and a quarter chicken dinner at Swiss Chalet.
Oh FFS for the love of Allah get over yourself. What does it matter to you what I call anything of sustenance in my life? Jealous much?
Oh FFS for the love of Allah get over yourself. What does it matter to you what I call anything of sustenance in my life? Jealous much?
It disgusts me that you consider your computer a source of nourishment.
That, or you don't know what sustenance means.
And jealous of what? I have the exact same computer as you, but with a better hard disk.
I strip guitars and paint them all the time.
Borrow a sander and go through different grit sandpapers. Don't go from the roughest to the softest as the deep scratches will stay there in the polish.
Once done it will be very cool looking. Hopefully the surface will be even and you don't eat too much material.
Fingerprints on it will be a bitch!
Borrow a sander and go through different grit sandpapers. Don't go from the roughest to the softest as the deep scratches will stay there in the polish.
Once done it will be very cool looking. Hopefully the surface will be even and you don't eat too much material.
Fingerprints on it will be a bitch!
I do believe you may have voided your warranty
Not my thing, but best of luck to you. Will be interested to see how if ends up.
Not my thing, but best of luck to you. Will be interested to see how if ends up.
Actually, if I were to do this it would look like the pics in the first post which is the main reason why I'm not even attempting it. I know my limits
Apart from that, the way a wip looks like also says an awful lot about how neat people work. In this case it looks more like it has been stuck under a car for several kilometres. As you can tell from this thread a lot of people think about it that way. So yeah, the idea is great but its obvious the work is not done neatly. I hope it will be fixable because it will determine the end result. Since whatever you do will determine the end result I'm not attempting it as I suck at working neatly at a level which is crucial with this kind of stuff.