Custom PBT MX Cherry (TKL) keycaps?

[izzon]

Hi.
    I've been looking through the thread for key caps, but I've failed to find any company that would let you customize your keycaps by the color that you want, and to also deliver them in PBT for nordic layout keyboards. I see a lot of companies that sell complete sets, but with ABS plastic and already pre-set color. What I was hoping for was something along the lines of how WASD keyboards do it (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/mechanical-keyboard/wasd-v2-88-key-iso-custom-mechanical-keyboard.html#ad-image-0), but they ofcourse don't sell PBT ones. Any advice?

[phoenix1234]

I'm not sure if it is impossible but I think it is very unlikely to find anything like that.
Perhaps, the best you can do is either to :

- Buy Ducky Nordic PBT set
http://tigerimports.net/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=13383

- Buy a blank imsto PBT set and do the dyesub process by yourselves.
something like Ivan did with his sets, perhaps
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52405.msg1162448#msg1162448

[terran5992]

Nope i dont think they exist

[IvanIvanovich]

It's simply not cost effective. To do a one off set it would be something like $60 for the keycaps set plus about $3 per key for dyesubbing or in other words $372 for ONE keycap set. Of course the other big problem with PBT is lack of ISO enters from most sources, and lack of keycap color selection without very high production minimum orders.

That G80-3000 in purple, it's just stock lasered keycap. I only dyed the key solid color myself.

[Oobly]

Hi.
    I've been looking through the thread for key caps, but I've failed to find any company that would let you customize your keycaps by the color that you want, and to also deliver them in PBT for nordic layout keyboards. I see a lot of companies that sell complete sets, but with ABS plastic and already pre-set color. What I was hoping for was something along the lines of how WASD keyboards do it (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/mechanical-keyboard/wasd-v2-88-key-iso-custom-mechanical-keyboard.html#ad-image-0), but they ofcourse don't sell PBT ones. Any advice?

Order a white PBT set and dye them yourself.

[terran5992]

Hi.
    I've been looking through the thread for key caps, but I've failed to find any company that would let you customize your keycaps by the color that you want, and to also deliver them in PBT for nordic layout keyboards. I see a lot of companies that sell complete sets, but with ABS plastic and already pre-set color. What I was hoping for was something along the lines of how WASD keyboards do it (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/mechanical-keyboard/wasd-v2-88-key-iso-custom-mechanical-keyboard.html#ad-image-0), but they ofcourse don't sell PBT ones. Any advice?

Order a white PBT set and dye them yourself.

Easier said than done

[izzon]

The thing is that I already have PBT keycaps. I guess that if dyesubbing is legit, then that seems like the best solution. I've read up short about it, and I've got several older keyboards that are not in use that I could try it on.

What I'm curious about is how much work that would go into making sure that the surface doesn't get changed. It feels like the surface would change if this was not done properly/with the wrong sort of color.

[terran5992]

The thing is that I already have PBT keycaps. I guess that if dyesubbing is legit, then that seems like the best solution. I've read up short about it, and I've got several older keyboards that are not in use that I could try it on.

What I'm curious about is how much work that would go into making sure that the surface doesn't get changed. It feels like the surface would change if this was not done properly/with the wrong sort of color.

The cost of gear required to dyesub your own keys is gonna be over the moon