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Offline pannkakan

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Golden/metallic keycaps?
« on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 04:16:25 »
Hello!

Does anyone know where I could buy golden or metallic keycaps? Would be cool to have a metallic esc-key ;)
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Offline Djuzuh

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 04:18:13 »
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Offline silat

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 04:20:10 »
Feng sells zinc caps. Gold and Silver
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Offline radicalrev

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 06:49:18 »
I am actually thinking of buying from Feng as well.

Would the gold/silver coating ever peel off?

I wanted the shiny ones, but sadly has print on it. :(
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Offline Djuzuh

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 06:50:14 »
Ask on the order thread :P
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Offline stuffstuff

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 14:01:08 »
The gold and silver won't peel off, its not a sticker, its real gold electroplated on .  The printing, however, is.  But that's not a problem.  The key looks great.
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Offline Djuzuh

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 14:11:50 »
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28652-Order-Thread-Metal-%28Zinc%29-Keycas-Group-Buy-Round-2-!!-Starcraft-kit-Arrow-kit-etc

Congratulation ripster, that's 2$50 less than if you went threw the group buy !

Also, the seller is actually feng x)
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Offline pannkakan

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 15:24:45 »
Thank you everyone! Just ordered from Feng =)
Although I haven't bought my filco keyboard yet.. still deciding if I should go with our without tenkeyless >.<
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Offline Djuzuh

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 24 April 2012, 15:35:28 »
If you don't know, you usually don't need the tenkey on a regular basis. And you can still order a separate numpad for 10 bucks later on.
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Offline dmbr

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« Reply #9 on: Sat, 12 May 2012, 00:15:29 »
The ones I bought off eBay had the gold wear off almost immediately. Watch out.
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Offline pannkakan

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 21 May 2012, 08:40:44 »
ohh.. thanks =)
Just got my button but waiting for my filco TKL :(
Will get it in a day or so I hope..
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Offline dmbr

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 25 May 2012, 17:23:17 »
I bought some gold plated zinc keycaps on eBay. Coating started to come off in a matter of days :(
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 25 May 2012, 22:25:22 »
Quote from: dmbr;600192
I bought some gold plated zinc keycaps on eBay. Coating started to come off in a matter of days :(
It's electroplated, and likely only a few microns thick. It depends on the metal and your body chemistry, but I believe it. That's why I'd go with silver: If it's not plated, when it wears, it'll still look good.
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