Painting Macs (was: fake NeXT)

From: Dellett, Anthony <Anthony.Dellett_at_Staples.com>
Date: Tue Jul 14 11:59:32 1998

I seem to remember a company way back (when the Mac Plus was considered
a power machine) that used to do custom faux finishes on Macs. The cool
one was the granite macintosh.

I think the company was also the first to make a fishtank out of a Mac
128K

Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Owad [mailto:tomowad_at_earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 12:19 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Painting Macs (was: fake NeXT)
>
>
> >I have this weird idea that one day custom paint jobs on
> computers might
> >make me some extra money. Am I crazy? Do you think there
> would ever be a
> >market for it?
>
> Absolutely! :-)
>
> I'd certainly be interested in a Mac with a neat paint job. It would
> have to be something interesting, though, after all, even I
> cold do solid
> colors. :-)
>
> A while back MacAddict gave away some custom painted Power
> Mac 5100's.
> They weren't very intersting, though, just crazy designs.
>
> Tom Owad
>
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