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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: OrcsInSpace on Fri, 09 September 2016, 12:50:01
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How does one go about getting PBT keycaps in a certain color. I really want Cherry/PBT keycap set in dolch color scheme!
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The real Dolch keycaps have white legends. To get durable lighter legends, the legends would have to be double-shot moulded or in-filled. Dye-sublimation can only produce darker colours.
Double-shot PBT and in-filled PBT are still both uncommon... I think only Vortex does either and I have not seen them do the Dolch colour scheme.
It might be possible to find two sets of blank keys in almost the correct shades.
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The real Dolch keycaps have white legends. To get durable lighter legends, the legends would have to be double-shot moulded or in-filled. Dye-sublimation can only produce darker colours.
Double-shot PBT and in-filled PBT are still both uncommon... I think only Vortex does either and I have not seen them do the Dolch colour scheme.
It might be possible to find two sets of blank keys in almost the correct shades.
whoa this is some good information. i didnt know that about dye subbing
but you can actually buy gmk dolch keycaps. theyre around 150-200$ though. there was group buy that just ended for it
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Yes, and GMK's are the real deal, exactly like the original.
There have also been keycaps in a Dolch-like colour scheme from Tai-Hao in OEM profile. And there have been DSA-profile keys from Signature Plastics in Dolch colours but with centred legends.
But all of these are double-shot ABS, not PBT.