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Title: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: blcksqrrl on Tue, 04 August 2015, 22:28:46: I'm finishing up my work on my Apple M0116 and I want to dye the keycaps. For the life of me I can't decide what color(s) I want to dye them :-[

I'd love to hear suggestions from you guys!
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: jacobolus on Tue, 04 August 2015, 23:48:45: solid black
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: platypus on Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:24:24: bondi blue

(http://kr-tech.net/wp-content/uploads/iMac-Bondi-Blue-1998.jpg)
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: Yoe on Wed, 05 August 2015, 01:36:53: A light touch of Dylon Multi Purpose Elephant Grey for the modifiers/arrows and Pagoda Red for the escape key! Looks absolutely stunning imho :)

(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=49407.0;attach=100993;image)

Check the Apple Extended mods thread for inspiration. Lots of goodies there :) https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49407.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49407.0)
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: blcksqrrl on Wed, 05 August 2015, 08:38:15: Quote from: platypus on Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:24:24
bondi blue

Show Image
(http://kr-tech.net/wp-content/uploads/iMac-Bondi-Blue-1998.jpg)

I've got one of those; I did think about dying to to match.

Quote from: Yoe on Wed, 05 August 2015, 01:36:53
A light touch of Dylon Multi Purpose Elephant Grey for the modifiers/arrows and Pagoda Red for the escape key! Looks absolutely stunning imho :)
That combination does look great. I was hoping I'd get some advice from you, all of your mods are terrific :thumb:
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: Yoe on Tue, 25 August 2015, 14:44:30: So, how's it going? :) Decided on a color scheme yet?
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: blcksqrrl on Tue, 25 August 2015, 19:09:39: Well, so far I've only been able to find the Pagoda Red. At this point, I'm thinking of using a color other then the elephant grey, maybe something like navy? I don't know, I only have one set available to do this with so I want to be sure rather than rushing into it. Thanks for checking up!
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: Yoe on Wed, 26 August 2015, 04:32:45: If you are using all the keycaps from your M0116 it's hard to do a fair test run... I believe Navy will come out much too dark. I've never tried it myself, but the gray in the caps themselves darken the resulting colour, and there's also some differences how well the dye takes in the PBT. I'd go with some of the dye colours that other people have tried out if you only have one attempt that has to count. I do have half a 4.5g sachet of Elephant Gray I could send to you, like just put it in an envelope, mail it to you and hope the "powder" does not get caught by overzealous customs people while on its way... :P
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: blcksqrrl on Fri, 11 September 2015, 15:06:45: Yeah, having only one set of caps is really all that's holding me back. I guess it wouldn't be terribly difficult to get another set or two. How much dye powder did you use? If half a packet is enough, I may have to take you up on your offer with crossed fingers.
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: Yoe on Sat, 12 September 2015, 08:13:20: I used half the packet (about 2.5 grams of the stuff) in a small pan with water enough to cover the caps and a bit more. Was enough to dye all the mod keys with no problem. Just watch the caps all the way, checking them every minute, so you get the hue you want. PM me your address and we'll give it a try :)
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: blcksqrrl on Mon, 21 September 2015, 17:01:39: Well, Yoe's letter arrived today, so I figured that I would give an update.

Here's the letter:
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And here's the result:
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I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! Thanks, Yoe, for the dye and the instructions.

Now to order the red and finish off these caps!
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: njbair on Mon, 21 September 2015, 17:25:03: Looks awesome. I love the muted tones you can get with dyed caps.
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: tjweir on Mon, 21 September 2015, 17:54:11: Whoa, that looks awesome!
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: Yoe on Tue, 22 September 2015, 00:26:53: Excellent dye job! I couldn't have done it better myself ;) Looks great!
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: njbair on Tue, 22 September 2015, 10:23:50: You guys are using Dylon, right?
Title: Re: Help me decide what color(s) to dye my alps keycaps
Post by: blcksqrrl on Tue, 22 September 2015, 10:33:51: Yep.