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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: brimborion on Wed, 25 February 2015, 15:36:28

Title: Can you buy and apply coatings to key caps?
Post by: brimborion on Wed, 25 February 2015, 15:36:28

I noticed I like whatever coating is on my Type Heaven's ABS keys, and also whatever coating is on my KBP v60 MTS. If I found a texture I liked, would it be possible to spray it on any other ABS caps that are starting to shine or that I just find too smooth? I don't really care if they are opaque and cover the legends, though if they are clear, even better. I hear stuff like "UV coated" and wonder if I can just buy a can of it and squirt it all over my Rosewill or something.

Title: Re: Can you buy and apply coatings to key caps?
Post by: Puddsy on Wed, 25 February 2015, 18:59:05

not that i know of

and it'd probably peel off and look gross anyway

Title: Re: Can you buy and apply coatings to key caps?
Post by: davkol on Sun, 15 March 2015, 12:01:40

The process involves an UV tunnel.

Plastidip is something that has been used on keycaps before.

Title: Re: Can you buy and apply coatings to key caps?
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 16 March 2015, 07:14:46

Any film applied to a surface has the potential to peel back off.

If that happened consistently, it might be OK, but since it will be random and spoltchy, it is sure to look bad.