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Title: Removing shine from double shot keycaps
Post by: gilgam on Fri, 25 February 2011, 11:03:07

Hello

i have double shot vintage keycaps from cherry (at least a french rebranding) they are a little bit yellow , but more annoying they are very smooth and shiny,  which is not very fine with my fingers (they stick on the keycaps).

Is it possible to sandblast them a little ?

Does anybody has ever done this to get some good feeling back ?

Title: Removing shine from double shot keycaps
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 25 February 2011, 11:08:07

Try Retr0bright (http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/Using+Retr0Bright)

Title: Removing shine from double shot keycaps
Post by: gilgam on Fri, 25 February 2011, 11:25:15

Thanks

i knew the retrobrite thing, i'll have to test it one day ,

For the sanding part i have seen it with the "blower" but with a sand paper it's still possible ?


Nice aluminium keycap by the way ;-)
any gold one ?

Title: Removing shine from double shot keycaps
Post by: gilgam on Fri, 25 February 2011, 15:26:48

Ok thanks a lot
I'll have some hard work this sunday ;-)

Title: Removing shine from double shot keycaps
Post by: De4dSpace on Fri, 25 February 2011, 16:40:14

Quote from: gilgam;300875

Thanks

i knew the retrobrite thing, i'll have to test it one day ,

For the sanding part i have seen it with the "blower" but with a sand paper it's still possible ?


Nice aluminium keycap by the way ;-)
any gold one ?

If you want to sand them use wet/dry sandpaper.  Get it from an auto store, they stock the finest grits.  http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Car/Care/Products/Product-Catalog/Pages/?nid=J2KMBW4WBRgsQ15LPGNZZQgl2BD509TNFQbl (http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Car/Care/Products/Product-Catalog/Pages/?nid=J2KMBW4WBRgsQ15LPGNZZQgl2BD509TNFQbl)

Title: Removing shine from double shot keycaps
Post by: keyb_gr on Sat, 26 February 2011, 15:53:04

Do we have an idea on how the original texture was produced nowadays, or is this still a mystery?