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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: jfloren on Wed, 31 July 2024, 12:07:06

Title: Dyeing PBT caps with laser etched labels?
Post by: jfloren on Wed, 31 July 2024, 12:07:06
I've used the FK custom designer to lay out something I'm pretty pleased with in XDA PBT caps, but of course they only come in white. I'd like to get a bit more color on, so I'm looking at dyeing.

I've found good guides on how to do it, but I haven't been able to verify if the legends will hold up. Apparently they're laser etched, but I assume some sort of color is then applied? Will that hold up to the dye?

Edit: thought they were dye sublimation, looked closer and it turns out it's a laser etching