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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: Hazel on Wed, 27 August 2014, 20:01:41
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I'm a bit late to the game, but I had an old QFR laying around and I felt creative this weekend.
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I'm a total noob at this. As you can see, I wasn't very concerned with the inner surfaces. The paint process was basic: Sand, a couple coats of Valspar plastic primer, several coats of Valspar gloss-white lacquer, and a couple coats of Valspar lacquer clear-coat. I lightly sanded with 800-grit between coats. I was going for a sheer gloss look, but as you'll see I ended up with something else.
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After discovering how hard it was to get that rubber off, I ignored earlier tips and went at it with 60-grit. As a result, I scratched the case up a bit. But the scratch lines combined with the lacquer paint make it look and feel a bit like painted wood. I like it.
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With black keys for maximum contrast. These are WASD's new UV printed keys. The texture works well with the paint.
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Now we see the magic. The lacquer paint produced a wonderful texture!
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Close-up of the texture.
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And now the science! Below this new case lurks... a monstrosity. Last year, I decided I needed Colemak in hardware. The WASDv2 wasn't out yet. I did what I had to do. I am not proud of this work. (I am, however, happy with the results!)
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I really like that Colemak hardware mod :D
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Very nicely done!
I like the design on the keycaps too - I to XII for the function rows - interesting :)
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I had an old QFR laying around
Oh, I wish I had problems like that!