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Offline nocturn4l3030

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slight scratches on PBT keycaps, anyway to remove them?
« on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 18:43:56 »
just put imsto's PBT keycaps on my filco and even though you can only see them in the light.. i can see two long scratches on the spacebar.. i even did a fingernail scratch test on it and now there's 3 =(  lol

i'm pretty surprised how easy it was to scratch it with my fingernail...

is there any way i can remove these? it's very slight but it's enough to bug me.. considering i paid so much for these keycaps too
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Offline panda-R

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 18:47:52 »
you can sand it smooth but then u'll have to do the entire keycaps to match.
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Offline nocturn4l3030

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 18:53:23 »
=(  how annoying
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Offline panda-R

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 18:53:46 »
sorry bro but the the laws of physics must be obeyed!
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Offline MrSneis

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 19:02:54 »
Maybe you can rub it a bumch?  But then you'd wear down the keycap so it's closer to getting shiny.
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Offline nocturn4l3030

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« Reply #5 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 19:03:42 »
you guys are supposed to make me happier

but now i'm sadder

=((((

rofl ****kkkkk
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Offline panda-R

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 19:23:58 »
No time to worry about Entropy and the Death of the Universe, boobs moar important.

and relax dude, they're just keycaps. They don't make u feel good in the bed.
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 20:15:07 »
Quote from: nocturn4l3030;342732
just put imsto's PBT keycaps on my filco and even though you can only see them in the light.. i can see two long scratches on the spacebar.. i even did a fingernail scratch test on it and now there's 3 =(  lol

i'm pretty surprised how easy it was to scratch it with my fingernail...

is there any way i can remove these? it's very slight but it's enough to bug me.. considering i paid so much for these keycaps too

 

I think you can use the good old toothpaste (no gel, fluor, whatever, just a good old white one), I never tried it on a keycap, but is a trick widely used to get rid of scratches on chellpone's, plastic displays and housings.
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 20:23:52 »
Quote from: ripster;342797
Those are all shiny surfaces, not matte.

LoL too bad the OP didn't say he had a DAS. :-)
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Offline pitashen

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 22:07:05 »
Mr. OP, don't worry, your finger will polish off the scratch in no time :)
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slight scratches on PBT keycaps, anyway to remove them?
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 06 May 2011, 23:50:12 »
I was told that rubbing it (?) with an eraser can help, thou that's on ABS. Maybe you can try it for your PBT caps too
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Offline nocturn4l3030

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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 07 May 2011, 06:13:26 »
Quote from: pitashen;342841
Mr. OP, don't worry, your finger will polish off the scratch in no time :)

 
LOL.. i guess that's my only choice now =[
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Offline nocturn4l3030

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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 07 May 2011, 06:14:09 »
Quote from: kaiserreich;342873
I was told that rubbing it (?) with an eraser can help, thou that's on ABS. Maybe you can try it for your PBT caps too

 
ah jus tried that with a pink eraser.. no go =( it did remove my fingernail scratch as i guess it wasn't that deep.. but didn't do anything for the other one.

used the old fashioned pink eraser.

thanks for the suggestion though!
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Offline Engine

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« Reply #13 on: Sat, 07 May 2011, 10:05:28 »
I keyboard that gets used will look used.  I think you should remember what Ripster said.  Now you won't mind the shiny space bar effect in 6 months.  OCD only robs joy.  I know a little about this.  Just use it and enjoy.  Your keyboard now is "unique".  One of it's kind.....Oh, a "limited edition". =)
I'm still playing with my new keyboards and don't have these problems yet but may wish to do something about it when it happens, I don't know but I'm determined to be content just in case there's no easy fix.  That's my advice anyway.

@Ripster,
What's IMSTO?
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Offline NimbleRabit

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« Reply #14 on: Sat, 07 May 2011, 10:17:19 »
Imsto is the name of the person selling these keycaps.  This is the thread:

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?16260-PBT-104-keycaps
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Offline Engine

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« Reply #15 on: Sat, 07 May 2011, 11:36:16 »
Thanks.
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