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Offline kaotikb

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Painted my keycaps (pic added)
« on: Sun, 05 May 2013, 21:25:58 »
I painted my key caps with Krylon spray paint for plastics. It came out pretty well considering that i didn't really do any prep work. I just wiped down the caps with some isopropyl alcohol and away i went. I probably should have used the matte paint instead of the glossy ,but oh well.

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Offline esoomenona

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Re: Painted my keycaps (pic added)
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 06 May 2013, 09:23:51 »
Are they sticky as you type?
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Offline okooko

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Re: Painted my keycaps (pic added)
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 06 May 2013, 09:34:14 »
not sure if its just the photo but i can see fingerprints on the 't' and 'y' buttons.
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Offline badcop

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Re: Painted my keycaps (pic added)
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 06 May 2013, 09:41:24 »
did you scuff them up at all?  i've never had any lucky painting plastics without any prep  :(
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Offline kaotikb

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Re: Painted my keycaps (pic added)
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 06 May 2013, 12:05:09 »
Yeah they were still sticky when I put them on. So the t, y and wasd have prints on them. I might fix them up when I have time.  Red ones took the longest to dry. I just wanted to see how it would turn out. If I did some prep work I am sure it would be better.
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