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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: LiMP on Thu, 16 June 2011, 08:22:14
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Hey guys, yesterday I removed the printing of my Steelseries 6Gv2 with nail polish remover. I was able to remove it really good (too bad I dont have a proper camera to make pics of it :S), but there are still some leftovers from the dried nail polish remover, which left some small white spots. Now my question is, how can I get rid of these spots? Would it be usefull to put the keycaps into a bucket of water mixed with some cleaner?
Also I'd like to know how these group buys work, does somebody have an idea on what to print onto the keycaps, sends it to a company who produces them, and people buy it from the guy with the idea then? :o
Cheers, have a nice day all!
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I hope the nail polish remover was not acetone-based, I've destroyed a lot of plastic things trying to clean them with acetone.
Try removing the spots with rubbing alcohol.
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no I took the one without acetone :>
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too bad you haven't took some pics.
might wanna give it a try to have a blank otaku filco ptb set
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@Haes , just dont take the remover that has aceton in it, would be a biiiiiig mistake :)
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bliiiiiiiiiing
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c'mon ripster, if you give me a good advice to get these white spots off I will make a pic :>
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hmm this is interesting, ive always wondered how ripster would react to blackmail.
as for removing the dried nail polish, get some very fine grit sandpaper, 500 or higher. Apply a tiny drop of green soap (stuff to handwash dishes) and gently rub the spots off.
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thanks a lot for the feedback ascaii, I got some 800 sandpaper left, gonna try that :) gl ripster with trying!
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I am afraid that the white "residue" could be a result of a chemical reaction by the plastic and the solvent in the remover.
The Steelseries 6GV2 has keys of ABS, right? I have also removed printing from another keyboard's black ABS keys using nail polish remover that was based on ethyl acetate and got the same kind of residue. It think it became even more visible after I washed the keys with soap and water afterwards. Later, I looked up the chemical: the molecule is actually quite similar to acetone. It did work better at dissolving the print than the plastic, though.
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wow, luckily its not as bad as its on mine, the white spots have a quite high transparency, so I think it wont be too hard to get the spots off... pic is following if I cleaned the caps + keyboard!
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The better way to get the letters of is to type a lot!!!! on your keyboard ;)
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@morethanless, I noticed that too now, but some spots are on the site and back, not on the top of the keycap itself, thats why I need to do it with sandpaper.. will upload some pics to pic section tomorrow if I managed to get everything off :)
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Wow that ESC key looks like it was molded from a piece of meat, gross
On a related note, what would you guys recommend for the removal of the Noppoo logo on the Noppoo Choc Mini spacebar? I've tried sanding off the print on front panels of DVD-RW drives before and the finish usually isn't nice unless you sand the entire thing consistently
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Try the sugar trick. (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-Logos-from-your-PDA--cell-phone-wit/)
I've always been curious whether that works.
Man, we're all just your guinnea pigs aren't we? Lol, I'll consider being part of your extended experiments
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Reading to the end of the guide, there is a comment saying it doesn't work on plastic. One person recommends Qtips, baking soda, and a few drops of water.
So... rub it with the soda, and add a drop of water here and there?
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Purge it with fire!
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6Gv2 are known to have keycaps with lettering rubbing off and getting worn pretty fast. Still I really want to test this on my filcos keycaps, which are known for getting shinny fast, but having a bad ass cover that can take on many stuff, like it is shown on ripsters review... oh well, I'll try this method after I get back from a quiick trip I'm into