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Title: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Wire on Mon, 11 January 2021, 00:57:19

I'm looking for SA profile keys that have a textured finish and shine through.
From what I've seen, that really means I should be looking for key caps with a PBT surface.

Can anyone point me in the direction of PBT SA profile keycaps with shinethrough?

Also, I have ordered the KBD75 PCB, is there anything I need to know moving forward looking for keycaps that will match the PCB?

Title: Re: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Faceman76 on Mon, 11 January 2021, 03:44:00

The only shine through PBT caps I was able to find a few months ago.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01IBM8W9Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_5Zb.Fb88WTYD6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

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Title: Re: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Darthbaggins on Mon, 11 January 2021, 09:31:28

Here are some SA profile shine-throughs, https://smile.amazon.com/Profile-Through-Suitable-Standard-Keyboard/dp/B0824YPYKT/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=SA+Shinethrough+keycaps&qid=1610379030&sr=8-2

Title: Re: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Wire on Mon, 11 January 2021, 11:05:46

DarthBaggins, those are actually ABS.

Title: Re: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Faceman76 on Tue, 12 January 2021, 14:18:06

DSA and coming soon:  https://mechboards.co.uk/shop/keycaps/108-shine-through-pbt-keycaps-ansi-iso/

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Title: Re: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Darthbaggins on Tue, 12 January 2021, 14:26:29

Quote from: Wire on Mon, 11 January 2021, 11:05:46

DarthBaggins, those are actually ABS.

I wasn't going by material, just by profile and shine-through.

Title: Re: PBT SA Shinethrough?
Post by: Riverman on Wed, 20 January 2021, 17:22:17

There are some on AliExpress.  I did a quick search for "SA keycaps", and there's one with the description "104 Keys/set SA Height New Arrival Double-Shot Backlit Ball Keycaps PBT Key Caps For Mechanical Keyboard" that comes in black, white, red, or blue.  It's hard to tell what the profile is, but the top row does look like it's angled towards the user, so it's probably not uniform row 4, or whatever it was that Filco had SP use for their SA keycaps.   I have a set of SP's newer sculpted PBT SA Industrial keycaps, and they're wonderful.