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Title: dye PBT key caps
Post by: hluo87 on Tue, 18 December 2012, 00:03:32

hi
after reading lots of posts..i found that rit dye does not work very well
as pbt caps require DISPERSE DYES, i found this website
http://www.prochemicalanddye.com/home.php?cat=401
does anyone try this before?

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: MMB on Tue, 18 December 2012, 00:13:50

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35444.0

Good information there

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: hluo87 on Tue, 18 December 2012, 00:26:04

Quote from: MMB on Tue, 18 December 2012, 00:13:50

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35444.0

Good information there

thanks man.
i checked.... i plan to dye my caps rainbow :cool:
idye is not prefer neither... i want to find a better one in U.S.
i just order one sampler...lets see how it goes :p

Title: dye PBT key caps
Post by: hluo87 on Fri, 21 December 2012, 20:39:31

here it is
first try with blue
pretty good i guess

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 21 December 2012, 20:46:14

Quote from: hluo87 on Fri, 21 December 2012, 20:39:31

here it is
first try with blue
pretty good i guess

Is that with the disperse dye? I like how dark they went. You planning on doing more colours? Interested in seeing the progress. Especially if you do a dark purple :)

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: hluo87 on Fri, 21 December 2012, 23:06:20

Quote from: Halverson on Fri, 21 December 2012, 20:46:14

Quote from: hluo87 on Fri, 21 December 2012, 20:39:31

here it is
first try with blue
pretty good i guess

Is that with the disperse dye? I like how dark they went. You planning on doing more colours? Interested in seeing the progress. Especially if you do a dark purple :)

yeah, i will do more colors
finally i will do rainbow
lol

Title: dye PBT key caps
Post by: hluo87 on Fri, 21 December 2012, 23:07:00

better one

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: TotalChaos on Fri, 21 December 2012, 23:47:25

How did you put legends on dyed keycaps?!?  :eek:   :cool:

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: MissMurd3r84 on Sat, 22 December 2012, 00:27:30

Quote from: TotalChaos on Fri, 21 December 2012, 23:47:25

How did you put legends on dyed keycaps?!?  :eek:   :cool:

Taking a guess here, but I assume the keys already had legends on them before they dyed them..

Title: dye PBT key caps
Post by: hluo87 on Sat, 22 December 2012, 00:31:07

Quote from: MissMurd3r84 on Sat, 22 December 2012, 00:27:30

Quote from: TotalChaos on Fri, 21 December 2012, 23:47:25

How did you put legends on dyed keycaps?!?  :eek:   :cool:

Taking a guess here, but I assume the keys already had legends on them before they dyed them..

you are right w8 for the sampler shipping

Title: Re: dye PBT key caps
Post by: TotalChaos on Sat, 22 December 2012, 00:44:26

I don't understand..  :confused:

If there were legends...

And u soaked the key in diffusion dye...

Then the legend would disappear, right?

I feel like such a n00b.  :-[