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Offline abdulmuhsee

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Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 20:57:18 »
So keycaps are destined to become shiny over time, and many of mine are ABS, which means sooner rather than later.

Is there anything particularly wrong with this?  Does this mean the plastic will eventually wear through, or is the degradation specific to the texture?
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:05:03 »
Some actually prefer shiny ABS cherry double shots.
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:08:11 »
Shiny things are easy to get dirt so need to be clean more frequent.

Edit: and shiny from wear is not uniform, so they're ugly.
« Last Edit: Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:10:02 by bahamot »
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:08:21 »
Yes, the keycap will eventually wear through.

Plus if the legends are pad printed they will wear off.

Plus it reduces the resale value, as shining is usually not even across the board.
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:22:08 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:05:03
Some actually prefer shiny ABS cherry double shots.

Like me!
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:27:18 »
Quote from: TacticalStache on Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:22:08
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:05:03
Some actually prefer shiny ABS cherry double shots.

Like me!

The smoothness is nice actually, it makes me want to type moar!

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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 00:11:09 »
Any good Firefly fan would know Shiny! is a good thing.
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 00:29:08 »
If you don't like them there is a guide on r/mechanicalkeyboards on sandasting keycaps to give them texture again.  Only do this with doubleshot caps though.
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Offline abdulmuhsee

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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 07:24:32 »
Hmm... if shiny keycaps means that they are wearing through, then why are doubleshot keycaps more lauded than PBT caps?  I hear ABS get shiny much more quickly, even if they are thicker.
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 07:31:24 »
Quote from: abdulmuhsee on Mon, 23 September 2013, 07:24:32
Hmm... if shiny keycaps means that they are wearing through, then why are doubleshot keycaps more lauded than PBT caps?  I hear ABS get shiny much more quickly, even if they are thicker.

It's all about the feel when typing and it's all personal preference.
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 07:33:16 »
Quote from: abdulmuhsee on Mon, 23 September 2013, 07:24:32
Hmm... if shiny keycaps means that they are wearing through, then why are doubleshot keycaps more lauded than PBT caps?  I hear ABS get shiny much more quickly, even if they are thicker.

yes abs does shine much quicker than pbt but some people dont like unforgiving hardness of pbt when typing or something along those lines.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44443.0

have a look at that
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 07:36:02 »
Shiny ABS has a distinctive ever-greasy feeling.  You cannot wash it off.  Some people find it unpleasant.  Some don't mind.  Some like it. 
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Re: Anything wrong with shiny keycaps?
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 18:34:28 »
Well, since there are no options in purchasing new ALPS keycaps, I got an old keyboard off eBay just for the doubleshot caps.  If they do end up getting shiny and wearing faster than regular ol' pad-printed keycaps, then I'll be one sad dude.
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