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Offline pyrolovesmoney

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I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« on: Wed, 30 December 2015, 22:48:38 »
Here is a link to the album. This is my first real post to GH, but I though you guys might want to see the results of a few strenuous hours of dyeing and washing.

here is the imgur album http://imgur.com/a/RKF4C I have attached some pictures as well. I answered a few minor questions on reddit and will gladly answer any here.

Thanks for looking at my post.
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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 30 December 2015, 22:51:53 »
Whoa those came out super nice! I really like how they look with the LEDs shining through in low light. Your hard work paid off!!  :thumb:
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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 30 December 2015, 22:53:00 »
Very nicely done :thumb: :)
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Offline pyrolovesmoney

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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 30 December 2015, 22:57:23 »
Quote from: Cados on Wed, 30 December 2015, 22:51:53
Whoa those came out super nice! I really like how they look with the LEDs shining through in low light. Your hard work paid off!!  :thumb:

Yeah, the next step will probably be to see if I can use some acrylic paint to pain the inside of the caps to get more glow and see if I can light up the bottom part of the legend like I have on my pok3r bkaclit.

Thanks for the compliment as well.
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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 31 December 2015, 04:52:41 »
Really good job, I love it.
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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 31 December 2015, 05:11:30 »
I can almost taste the saturation. Looks great!
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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 31 December 2015, 05:13:41 »
People are really stepping up the dye game.

I remember tons of trials over the last few years that left caps with all kinds of funky discolorations.

GJ!
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Offline pyrolovesmoney

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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 31 December 2015, 12:32:28 »
Quote from: absyrd on Thu, 31 December 2015, 05:13:41
People are really stepping up the dye game.

I remember tons of trials over the last few years that left caps with all kinds of funky discolorations.

GJ!

Guess I am lucky that I was super patient. It's pretty tedious, thanks!
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Re: I dyed the Vortext PBT keycaps of my QFR-I blue and violet and wanted to share
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 02 January 2016, 05:39:18 »
looks great! A badass Miami vice set
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