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Title: BIN Blank Keyboard Stickers -- Any good
Post by: mikeruth on Fri, 09 July 2010, 13:07:16

Has anyone bought and tried these?  

http://cgi.ebay.com/BLANK-KEYBOARD-STICKERS-FOR-COMPUTER-LAPTOP-BLACK-BACKG_W0QQitemZ270441913380QQcategoryZ31534QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D14%26pmod%3D160449992955%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7241313110228657493 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BLANK-KEYBOARD-STICKERS-FOR-COMPUTER-LAPTOP-BLACK-BACKG_W0QQitemZ270441913380QQcategoryZ31534QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D14%26pmod%3D160449992955%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7241313110228657493)

If so, can you really "inkjet" print on them?

The transparent ones might be used to stop "shiny key" syndrome.

The seller also has many, many other keycap stickers.

Title: BIN Blank Keyboard Stickers -- Any good
Post by: glo on Fri, 09 July 2010, 14:00:33

Why?
The worst thing you can do for keycaps is to apply stickers on them. The sticky part will eventually dissolve from the stickers and the fate of your keyboard will be very grim.

Title: BIN Blank Keyboard Stickers -- Any good
Post by: nanu on Fri, 09 July 2010, 15:22:27

Don't do it (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=6190) unless you have no regrets about not using the keyboard anymore. It's impossible to clean without something like goo gone, should you decide to ever remove them. Plus they do indeed get grimey at the edges.

Title: BIN Blank Keyboard Stickers -- Any good
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 09 July 2010, 15:54:03

(http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/c1.jpg)

Title: BIN Blank Keyboard Stickers -- Any good
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sat, 10 July 2010, 00:01:37

Quote from: nanu;201067

Don't do it (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=6190) unless you have no regrets about not using the keyboard anymore. It's impossible to clean without something like goo gone, should you decide to ever remove them. Plus they do indeed get grimey at the edges.

I actually had some key labels by latkey (http://www.latkey.com/) to stick on, and after I removed them there was no sticky residue. They were very good. I only removed them because I wanted to clean my keyboard, and, the labels tend to pick up finger oil.

The WORST that could happen with GOOD keyboard stickers is the glue removing some of the key label.

Title: BIN Blank Keyboard Stickers -- Any good
Post by: aegrotatio on Mon, 12 July 2010, 13:59:53

Goo-Gone is reasonably good at attacking adhesives but not plastics, but it depends on the composition of the plastic.  Test it on the inside of a keycap or another keyboard of the same make and model.