I was going to spray my WASD keycaps, since they are great in theory, but in practice they are slippery and cause sweating because of this reason (the hand/fingers are very adaptive, to make up for the slipperiness, they coat the keycap with grime, it's not wanted in my case, doesn't happen with regular ABS Keycaps)
Anyway, here is what I found out: (I don't remember the exact names of the coats I tested, doesn't matter either, since you can only find a limited variety of clear coats of different brands in every region)
1) An acrylic coat that was catering more to the painting coating market:
- Unbelievable surface characteristics, it was matte, the friction/touch was incredible
- It rubbed off easily by scratching it with my nail, the experiment failed (various experiments, various coating styles, waiting times etc.)
2) An acrylic coat that advertised itself as a multi-purpose one (both are made in germany by the way):
- Doesn't get applied as homogeneously
- It's not matte as advertised when dried
- The surface was much better than the WASD UV coating, however it was still a bit slippery
- Extremely strong, doesn't get scratched
Both claimed excellent characteristics that would make you believe that they would never wear off, the second one was close
So, my point is, you have to experiment a lot to see whether a specific acrylic coating will actually work, ripster-style experiments, where casualties occur
So unless you have some F keys lying around that you don't intend to use, I don't think it's logical to try just one thing and expect it to work
However, I believe, there are multiple solutions that work well, better get double shots and not screw yourself in the long-run tho