Strip legends off of pad-printed keycaps?

[codymaust]

Is this a possibility? Looking for blank caps on a budget, and the idea popped into my head.

Would some turpentine work to strip off pad-printed legends? If so, would it harm ABS?

After some research, it seems that the following are possible options:
1) Vegetable Oil
2) Turpentine
3) Linseen Oil
4) Model plastic paint-removal products -- Chameleon, Scalemaster
5) PineSol

Looking for feedback before I ruin a perfectly good set of caps 


Thanks!

[IvanIvanovich]

Depending on the pad print (won't work with plastic based ink/paint), dot5 brake fluid works. It will just lift the paint off and does not harm plastic. Defineatly don't use anything with acetone it will melt abs literally.

[codymaust]

I'll keep that in mind as well.

I think I am just going to experiment with a few of the extra WASD that came with it, depending on if the pad ink looks/feels the same

Will report back eventually, in case anybody is interested

[file_id]

Don't use brake fluid. It's carcinogenic.

[codymaust]

Thanks for the heads up!

[laffindude]

Caps from? They're more likely to be laser printed than pad printed. Even if pad printed, you may not be able to remove it since there may be a UV coating.

[codymaust]

Caps from? They're more likely to be laser printed than pad printed. Even if pad printed, you may not be able to remove it since there may be a UV coating.

Good call :|

They're from a QFR, and indeed laser printed.

 

[SmallFry]

Caps from? They're more likely to be laser printed than pad printed. Even if pad printed, you may not be able to remove it since there may be a UV coating.

Good call :|

They're from a QFR, and indeed laser printed.

 

A QFR is pad printed...?

[codymaust]

Caps from? They're more likely to be laser printed than pad printed. Even if pad printed, you may not be able to remove it since there may be a UV coating.

Good call :|

They're from a QFR, and indeed laser printed.

 

A QFR is pad printed...?

Nope, I was just mistaken

They're laser-marked

[SmallFry]

??
I swore they were pad printed. Meh, not worried.

[codymaust]

I was under that impression haha! If I had to take a guess at what pad-printed legends felt like, this would be it

Coolermaster website says "laser-marked" though

[esoomenona]

I think there is a difference between laser printed and laser etched.

[JackA$$]

Hey there,
i think the K65 from Corsair is using pad printed key caps.
Some experience to make them blank?

[Beelzebro]

bump. is this possible to do with kbt pure pro or poker 2 keycaps? fancy making myself some blank ones

[fohat.digs]

Find someone who is an old-fashioned draftsman or artist and borrow his electric eraser. Use pink or green eraser, but be careful how you do it.