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Offline Kayla

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Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 03:03:46 »
I made two layouts and im looking for caps in these colors. I want blanks but.. yea. I will take whatever suggestions/help I can get to find them.
For the life of me I cant find any printed or blank caps in teal/cyan. :( So help me out if you can Geekhack! :)

Darker cyan is nice too, I just never made a layout using that color. If anyone has suggestions of keysets that are darker or lighter let me know~


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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 04:04:36 »
have you seen the miami key set?
http://i.imgur.com/jWqCQz6.jpg

there was one for sale on techkeys.us
im also struggling to bring myself to part with mine.
they pop up in classifieds now and then
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 04:07:17 »
Quote from: taylordcraig on Wed, 11 June 2014, 04:04:36
have you seen the miami key set?
http://i.imgur.com/jWqCQz6.jpg

there was one for sale on techkeys.us
im also struggling to bring myself to part with mine.
they pop up in classifieds now and then
i am aware of it.. im not a big fan of the legends though. and i really dislike the glasses print and the martini cup..
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 04:10:07 »
Speaking of light teal keysets, we should totally make a mint + chocolate blank set groupbuy :D
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 04:12:33 »
Quote from: Beca on Wed, 11 June 2014, 04:10:07
Speaking of light teal keysets, we should totally make a mint + chocolate blank set groupbuy :D
I would do it except Im poor and bad at everything to do with this kind of thing. :P And have no contacts at all.

Id do a pom jelly group buy before any other group buy if it was within my power.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 05:57:42 »
Miami was the only set I've seen in these colours, and yes, there were legends.

Maybe someone will start a Miami blank GB at some stage - GMK do a nice pink and teal.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 09:28:40 »
I would love a GMK Miami set. That would make me such a happy boy.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 10:24:57 »
IIRC pimpmykeyboard offers DSA caps in pink and green
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 14:24:43 »
I dont want green.

And Im not decided on DSA yet.. I havent been able to try them otu and I dont want to commit to something like that until I've tried it,.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 15:03:56 »
If you are interested you could always take a blank white set of keycaps and dye them in your desired colors with RIT dye

Blank white key caps for $20 - http://www.banggood.com/PBT-87-Blank-White-Key-Caps-For-Cherry-MX-Keyboard-p-84084.html

RIT Dye color mixing chart - https://www.ritstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ColorRit_FINAL.pdf

write up on how to dye caps - http://imgur.com/a/RGV0C

Sample of custom mixed RIT Dye on blank white keycaps


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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 15:08:19 »
DSA blanks are probably the least expensive way to go. You could just buy the alphas and give those a go to see if you like them and if not, you should be able to sell them in the classifieds.

Otherwise, tigersharkdude's suggestion about using dye is a great idea too!
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 11 June 2014, 21:35:41 »
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. :)
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 00:49:41 »
I wouldn't mind something like a blank Miami set. GMK MOQ sucks though.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 01:09:48 »
Does anyone have experience with the dye? The pictures look like they dyed evenly but they didnt take in some parts. Would adding acetone help it take or would it melt the PBT?
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 01:30:33 »
Acetone is generally diluted and added to help try and help the dye take in small increments. There have been some Youtube videos  that showcase the process.

There are a few members here that have done it; hopefully they can chime in.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 13:07:21 »
Thanks for all the info. Im considering doing this. Im just worried about it coming out unevenly and wasting the money. lol
Also kind of worried about it wearing off then being stuck with spotted white caps.
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Re: Color Idea Help (Tracking down caps)
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 13:17:23 »
Quote from: Kayla on Thu, 12 June 2014, 13:07:21
Thanks for all the info. Im considering doing this. Im just worried about it coming out unevenly and wasting the money. lol
Also kind of worried about it wearing off then being stuck with spotted white caps.

dye can't wear off, it becomes one with the key. It may fade, as any colored item will, over time but it will not wear off
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