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Offline kishagi

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What happens when you bleach a PBT keycap?
« on: Fri, 06 March 2015, 18:08:28 »
So like the title of the thread asks, what would happen if one were to bleach a PBT keycap? If it had print on it (the regular kind; laser was it?) would the print be removed?

The reason why I'm asking is because a while back I decided to dye some of my keycaps using RIT Dye and well it didn't turn out the colour that I wanted. I know that it is recommended that one tests the dyeing procedure first, and I did; just not all the way till the end.

Instead of getting a Celosia Orange colour, I ended up with more a rosier Salmon Pink.


This is what I had before dyeing:


I truly appreciate your help with this self-inflicted dilemma of mine.

Also if I can't reverse what I did, then what do you recommend that I do instead?


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Re: What happens when you bleach a PBT keycap?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 06 March 2015, 18:56:47 »
Learn to like salmon?

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Re: What happens when you bleach a PBT keycap?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 06 March 2015, 19:05:44 »
RIT Dye em to some other color...
Or be brave and test what bleach does to em, for science!

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Re: What happens when you bleach a PBT keycap?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 07 March 2015, 19:25:13 »
You may need to talk to a materials' guy who specializes in plastics polymers. PBT has excellent chemical resistance; but before I'd bleach the keycaps, dye them with a color you might prefer to salmon.