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Offline AwSmCreator

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SA shine?
« on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 04:07:18 »
Hey there!

I finally got my first SA keycap set from another wonderful member here. I ended up getting a  JukeBox set on a  custom board and I am loving it. But I am wondering if these caps get a shine to them or anything else like that?
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 04:30:44 »
My sets (Nuclear Data Green and Hack'd by Geeks) both came pre-shined :D
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 09:29:51 »
Are you worried about the shine or excited about the shine? :)

Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 26 March 2016, 04:30:44
My sets (Nuclear Data Green and Hack'd by Geeks) both came pre-shined :D

Pre-shined? Straight from Ron? Mine have gained a shine over the last couple of years, but they definitely didn't come pre-shined!
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Offline zslane

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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 10:49:53 »
They're made of ABS plastic which means they will get shiny with use. They start out semigloss and will get glossier the more you type on them, especially the spacebar where your thumb(s) hit it. No getting around it with ABS.
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 11:40:23 »
I look forward to that shine. My only gripe is that appears quite markedly on QWERDF and spacebar before any other of the keys T_T
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 12:05:29 »
They will get shiny over time, but this is something to embrace. Shine on SA keysets makes it look even nicer!
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 26 March 2016, 13:00:23 »
Quote from: jerue on Sat, 26 March 2016, 12:05:29
They will get shiny over time, but this is something to embrace. Shine on SA keysets makes it look even nicer!

Seconded. I wish my mods were shiny :(
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 27 March 2016, 05:14:15 »
Quote from: katushkin on Sat, 26 March 2016, 09:29:51
Are you worried about the shine or excited about the shine? :)

Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 26 March 2016, 04:30:44
My sets (Nuclear Data Green and Hack'd by Geeks) both came pre-shined :D

Pre-shined? Straight from Ron? Mine have gained a shine over the last couple of years, but they definitely didn't come pre-shined!

My NDG set was very shiny, but I like it like that.

HbG was fairly shiny too, AFAICR.  Neither set had much, if any, texture to them.
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Offline AwSmCreator

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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 27 March 2016, 07:56:22 »
So it sounds like the shine is not the worst thing in the world. I was just worried it would ruin the set and I'd be forever sad :(
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 27 March 2016, 09:34:43 »
Quote from: AwSmCreator on Sun, 27 March 2016, 07:56:22
So it sounds like the shine is not the worst thing in the world. I was just worried it would ruin the set and I'd be forever sad :(

With doubleshots you will be fine  :thumb: My Nuclear set looks good with it's shine :D
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 27 March 2016, 11:40:38 »
Quote from: AwSmCreator on Sun, 27 March 2016, 07:56:22
So it sounds like the shine is not the worst thing in the world. I was just worried it would ruin the set and I'd be forever sad :(

Shine and discoloration is not ruin, it is vintage patina. It is natural, and unavoidable with ABS keycaps unless you put them away in a box and never use them. Some love the vintage patina while others hate it. Whether or not you can tolerate this natural phenomenon is an entirely personal question. How do you feel about it?
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 27 March 2016, 18:48:11 »
Quote from: katushkin on Sun, 27 March 2016, 09:34:43
Quote from: AwSmCreator on Sun, 27 March 2016, 07:56:22
So it sounds like the shine is not the worst thing in the world. I was just worried it would ruin the set and I'd be forever sad :(

With doubleshots you will be fine  :thumb: My Nuclear set looks good with it's shine :D

Exactly :D

I wonder if the original sets on the terminals back in the day were pre-shined, or whether they acquired their shine through over use?
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Re: SA shine?
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 28 March 2016, 08:46:15 »
Well you guys have  certainly put the matter to rest for me ^_^ no longer worried about using the key set.
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