Author Topic: Leopold space bar shine (Read 1845 times)

Rafen · « **on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 08:25:35 »

I have had my Leopold for a couple of months now and just started to notice that the space bar is starting to shine, has any noticed this in such a short period of time? Is there anyway to fix this?

slueth · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 08:31:51 »

Sandblast it, get a new spacebar, shine the rest of the spacebar

Tony · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 08:35:28 »

Based on how much oil your fingers have, the keycaps can be shiny as quick as a month. My Filco spacebar is shiny after 8 months of use.

You can always replace it with another Space keycap. Or use a sand paper.

The shiny keycaps will reappear again in due course.

That's the main reason the new full 104 keycaps are sold to us with 1/3 the keyboard price.

Rafen · « **Reply #3 on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 11:17:24 »

I also find shiny spacebars annoying that is why I was asking. I think that it might be time to buy a keyboard, one that I don't have to buy a special spacebar for.

flyball · « **Reply #4 on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 11:53:53 »

dont stare at your keyboard. or wash your hands more often [video=youtube;VxBt_p8gFkw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBt_p8gFkw[/video]

pitashen · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 15:45:18 »

Perhaps you can become a material scientist and come up with some cheap and super tough plastic material. We will all thank you for that.

Peace

jpm804 · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat, 22 October 2011, 15:49:15 »

you can also use one of those magic erasers to try to get rid of the shine...

Here is mmmty's thread on what he did : http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20243-It-s-magic&highlight=magic+eraser

I've tried it also and seems to work but it also probably depends on how shinny it is.

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Author Topic: Leopold space bar shine (Read 1845 times)