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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: ninjacore on Sun, 03 December 2017, 16:11:01

Title: Removing legends
Post by: ninjacore on Sun, 03 December 2017, 16:11:01

What’s the easiest way to remove printed legends? I know I could buy blanks, but I’ve got a couple sets of printed caps I’m not using and I’d like to use the modifiers, but they wouldn’t be “correct”.

Title: Re: Removing legends
Post by: Duckyreddy on Sun, 03 December 2017, 16:55:06

Pad Printed? If so, it might be as easy as scratching them off.

Title: Re: Removing legends
Post by: Puddsy on Sun, 03 December 2017, 17:00:32

70% isopropyl alcohol and a paper towel

Title: Re: Removing legends
Post by: ninjacore on Sun, 03 December 2017, 20:44:02

Combination of pad-printed and front-printed sets.  I'll try the alcohol before the scratching :)

I saw something about alcohol having the potential to ruin caps. Is that only with really high percentages?

Title: Re: Removing legends
Post by: OfTheWild on Mon, 04 December 2017, 00:13:18

Quote from: ninjacore on Sun, 03 December 2017, 20:44:02

Combination of pad-printed and front-printed sets.  I'll try the alcohol before the scratching :)

I saw something about alcohol having the potential to ruin caps. Is that only with really high percentages?

Alcohol does funny things to acrylics but i think more ABS type stuff should be ok. I also remember someone posting up a set of Realforce black caps that got kinda faded from alcohol?

Best bet would be to grab an esc key or something easily replaceable and test it out there first.