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[Sygaldry]

So tempted to dye my HHKB mods.... I'm just afraid ill F it up. ><

[byker]

So tempted to dye my HHKB mods.... I'm just afraid ill F it up. ><

I honestly find it hard to see where you would mess up. It is super easy to do!

[AbyssPWNS]

Well I joined the Topre club today! I was able to score this HHKB from eBay for only $160! http://imgur.com/a/SmnCn

[Air tree]

All these white HHKBs are almost making me want a white one instead of my black one.

I think some blank whites are in order...

[byker]

Well I joined the Topre club today! I was able to score this HHKB from eBay for only $160! http://imgur.com/a/SmnCn

Nice find!
 

All these white HHKBs are almost making me want a white one instead of my black one.

I think some blank whites are in order...

 


White blanks look great on a black case! 

[clacktalk]

All these white HHKBs are almost making me want a white one instead of my black one.

I think some blank whites are in order...

I highly recommend it if that's the look you're going for. Here's mine from a while back (repost!):

[VesperSAINT]

Quoted by vesper

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Getting to quote demik

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i need to buy some blank white HHKB caps. Excuse me  )

DO IT! White/Grey caps on black HHKB is still my favorite combo!

Damn those look awesome, fair play! I've only ever seen Dye come out pretty washed out or having some nasty pattern on the keys or something, but those look pretty ballin'

Rit is a commonly used brand of dye to color plastics. They changed their recipe a few years ago resulting in this splotchiness. In addition to that, not all colors work as well as others. Btw - those keys are currently holding up quite well - here's a quick shot at work, sorry the board is well used and dirty

The Hero has spoken.

Thank you for gracing us. Thank you for that beautiful photo.

Gorgeous board vesper!

If you're talking about my RGB HHKB, THANKIES!!!

The legendary dyed HHKB is o2dazones!

I highly recommend it if that's the look you're going for. Here's mine from a while back (repost!):

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I still cry every time I see these photos... I cry... because you don't have that anymore...

[rowdy]

Well I joined the Topre club today! I was able to score this HHKB from eBay for only $160! http://imgur.com/a/SmnCn

Welcome to Geekhack!

And congratulations on your acquisition

[Ngt]

Well I joined the Topre club today! I was able to score this HHKB from eBay for only $160! http://imgur.com/a/SmnCn

Damn it is so expensive for us EU guys to acquire an HHKB ...

[Ngt]

Damn those look awesome, fair play! I've only ever seen Dye come out pretty washed out or having some nasty pattern on the keys or something, but those look pretty ballin'

Rit is a commonly used brand of dye to color plastics. They changed their recipe a few years ago resulting in this splotchiness. In addition to that, not all colors work as well as others. Btw - those keys are currently holding up quite well - here's a quick shot at work, sorry the board is well used and dirty

Have you tried the DyePoli? iDye? Damn I don't remember the name of the dye people usually refer to ...

I used purple iDye Poly on my grey hhkb modifiers and it turned out like this: (They are all the same shade of purple, the lighting makes them look different)

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Do you know if you still see the legends after dyeing a non blank cap?

[AbyssPWNS]

Well I joined the Topre club today! I was able to score this HHKB from eBay for only $160! http://imgur.com/a/SmnCn

Damn it is so expensive for us EU guys to acquire an HHKB ...

I just got super lucky. Normally they're about $250 here in the US.

[Ngt]

Well I joined the Topre club today! I was able to score this HHKB from eBay for only $160! http://imgur.com/a/SmnCn

Damn it is so expensive for us EU guys to acquire an HHKB ...

I just got super lucky. Normally they're about $250 here in the US.

Yeah you are indeed. If I want to get one through EK it will cost me $396 considering the shipping fees and import taxes. So damn painful ...

[AbyssPWNS]

Ouch! I hope you find one at a good price eventually.

[btctopre]

Yeah you are indeed. If I want to get one through EK it will cost me $396 considering the shipping fees and import taxes. So damn painful ...

You might try ordering straight from Japan through a proxy. I'm not sure what all import/shipping fees you'll have to pay, but the non-Type S are ~$195 before fees at the moment (~$235 for Type S) because of the weak yen.

[o2dazone]

haha Vesper you crazy
besides your photos > my photos 

Looks like Rit is out and other dyes are in, which is great for the community of Geekhackers and disc golf alike! For those nervous about doing it, here's an old tutorial I did a while back, but anyone is free to make suggestions on updating it

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=27237.0

Just make sure you do them all in batches if you want the colors to match. If you have an old IBM Model M laying around, you can dye those keycaps first to practice on, as they are also PBT (and cheap keycaps to replace)

[VesperSAINT]

haha Vesper you crazy
besides your photos > my photos 

Praised by my HHKB Hero~




Your HHKB > My HHKB

Your nice photos > My photos

[dustinhxc]

Damn those look awesome, fair play! I've only ever seen Dye come out pretty washed out or having some nasty pattern on the keys or something, but those look pretty ballin'

Rit is a commonly used brand of dye to color plastics. They changed their recipe a few years ago resulting in this splotchiness. In addition to that, not all colors work as well as others. Btw - those keys are currently holding up quite well - here's a quick shot at work, sorry the board is well used and dirty

Have you tried the DyePoli? iDye? Damn I don't remember the name of the dye people usually refer to ...

I used purple iDye Poly on my grey hhkb modifiers and it turned out like this: (They are all the same shade of purple, the lighting makes them look different)

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Holy crap! Purple blanks! Those look amazing man, great job!  :thumb:

[Ngt]

Ouch! I hope you find one at a good price eventually.

Thanks I hope so.

Yeah you are indeed. If I want to get one through EK it will cost me $396 considering the shipping fees and import taxes. So damn painful ...

You might try ordering straight from Japan through a proxy. I'm not sure what all import/shipping fees you'll have to pay, but the non-Type S are ~$195 before fees at the moment (~$235 for Type S) because of the weak yen.

Yeah I already considered this option and I contacted a geekhacker living in Japan. I'll see how it ends up. Ordering through EK is not even an option. I get it cheaper if I proxy through tenso and pay the full VAT + import taxes combo.

[clacktalk]

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

[VesperSAINT]

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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YESSSS! The dream is coming back!!! Love it, mane.

I don't know what you're trying to do there with your theme but great to see you're customizing it.

That Black V2 is so damn good with those black caps.  Looking forward to seeing what you're going to do with it~

[Ngt]

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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Did you just put part of an HHKB black keycaps set? Or did you dye those mods?

[clacktalk]

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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YESSSS! The dream is coming back!!! Love it, mane.

I don't know what you're trying to do there with your theme but great to see you're customizing it.

That Black V2 is so damn good with those black caps.  Looking forward to seeing what you're going to do with it~

gotta add another bbv2 to make that gradient less awkward

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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Did you just put part of an HHKB black keycaps set? Or did you dye those mods?

black keycaps! i'm way 2 scared to dye anything

[azhdar]

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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The 2 whites on top right corner bugs me. WHY?

[clacktalk]

The 2 whites on top right corner bugs me. WHY?

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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YESSSS! The dream is coming back!!! Love it, mane.

I don't know what you're trying to do there with your theme but great to see you're customizing it.

That Black V2 is so damn good with those black caps.  Looking forward to seeing what you're going to do with it~

gotta add another bbv2 to make that gradient less awkward

i really like how it looks right now regardless. OKAY?

[azhdar]

The 2 whites on top right corner bugs me. WHY?

my hhkb is ssj3. my photography skills is yamcha

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YESSSS! The dream is coming back!!! Love it, mane.

I don't know what you're trying to do there with your theme but great to see you're customizing it.

That Black V2 is so damn good with those black caps.  Looking forward to seeing what you're going to do with it~

gotta add another bbv2 to make that gradient less awkward

i really like how it looks right now regardless. OKAY?

Wrong regardless.

[clacktalk]

Wrong regardless.

nah but keep up the good work. at being so edgy

[azhdar]

Wrong regardless.

nah but keep up the good work. at being so edgy

sarcasm is hard to do on forums, sry man.

[VesperSAINT]

Wrong regardless.

nah but keep up the good work. at being so edgy

sarcasm is hard to do on forums, sry man.

[azhdar]

Wrong regardless.

nah but keep up the good work. at being so edgy

sarcasm is hard to do on forums, sry man.

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why isn't this picture moving vesper?

[clacktalk]

Wrong regardless.

nah but keep up the good work. at being so edgy

sarcasm is hard to do on forums, sry man.

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why isn't this picture moving vesper?

<3

[VesperSAINT]

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why isn't this picture moving vesper?

because you cold as ice.

[VesperSAINT]

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[Sed8op8]

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Beautiful

[Air tree]

Vesper, you're making my poor little HHKB feel inadequate. 

[Ngt]

Vesper, you're making my poor little HHKB feel inadequate. 

Don't complain at least you have one .

[VesperSAINT]

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Beautiful

Thank you~~<33

Vesper, you're making my poor little HHKB feel inadequate.  :'(

NO HHKB IS INADEQUATE!!! They are all beautiful in their own ways, mane. Don't you forget it!!!

Don't complain at least you have one :'(.

K hope you get one soon and see the light~~~

[btctopre]

time to finally see if the saying "once you go black, you never go back" holds true for me with the hhkb:


vesper is a bad influence on wallets 

[Joey Quinn]

time to finally see if the saying "once you go black, you never go back" holds true for me with the hhkb:

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vesper is a bad influence on wallets  ;D

You'll never go back, exitfire was my bad influence.

[ghostjuggernaut]

Everyone in this thread was my "bad" influence. I'm just glad I learned early, instead of trying to find which sticker/lube/spring/slider combination was my preferred setup.

[VesperSAINT]

time to finally see if the saying "once you go black, you never go back" holds true for me with the hhkb:

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vesper is a bad influence on wallets  ;D

Did you lube it?! If you didn't, I guess lube isn't exactly a necessity but it REALLY does help a lot with the friction~ But I'm glad you're installing 55g!!!

I'm happy to have been a bad influence > :D ANY. TIME.



Bro Caps was my bad influence.

[exitfire401]

time to finally see if the saying "once you go black, you never go back" holds true for me with the hhkb:

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vesper is a bad influence on wallets  ;D

You'll never go back, exitfire was my bad influence.

 :-* time to frame this quote an put it on my wall

[btctopre]

Did you lube it?! If you didn't, I guess lube isn't exactly a necessity but it REALLY does help a lot with the friction~ But I'm glad you're installing 55g!!!

Not yet, wanted to make sure I was comfortable with the HHKB layout (+my modifications) before committing to doing something as time consuming as that. Finally starting to get the hang of the control key, still might shift some other keys around though. I setup left bracket to function as down arrow and right bracket to function as right arrow and that's helped a lot as well.

[foxer]

Demik made me join the dark side. I love him for it.

[Joey Quinn]

time to finally see if the saying "once you go black, you never go back" holds true for me with the hhkb:

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vesper is a bad influence on wallets  ;D

You'll never go back, exitfire was my bad influence.

 :-* time to frame this quote an put it on my wall

This, blue alps, and Hoff's Kish will be the death of me. Going to that meetup was a bad idea. :confused:

[atlas3686]

time to finally see if the saying "once you go black, you never go back" holds true for me with the hhkb:

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vesper is a bad influence on wallets  ;D

You'll never go back, exitfire was my bad influence.

 :-* time to frame this quote an put it on my wall

This, blue alps, and Hoff's Kish will be the death of me. Going to that meetup was a bad idea. :confused:

Kish's are talking to me too but I have done some serious hunting and still no luck  :'(

[ghostjuggernaut]

V2 arrived today.

Sorry for the potato quality. One of these days I'll have time to take some decent photos.

[scubaste]

I have ascended.
Nice board ghost! 

[VesperSAINT]

I have ascended.
Nice board ghost! 

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Absolutely BEAUTIFUL keyboard and BEAUTIFUL photo~

Love it, mane. The symmetry is nice.


Now... just flip your spacebar ;)

[Air tree]

I have ascended.
Nice board ghost! 

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Something about that photo makes everything look metallic.. It looks great, at any rate.

Are those different than stock keycaps?

[Sygaldry]

I have ascended.
Nice board ghost! 

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Absolutely BEAUTIFUL keyboard and BEAUTIFUL photo~

Love it, mane. The symmetry is nice.


Now... just DON'T flip your spacebar ;)

FTFY  ;D