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my eroded keycaps
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 02:03
by nanu
I've been using these for 28 months(?). Dolch replica from SP, ABS;
aka GH ROUND 1.
Left alt vs. right alt, respectively.
This is partly why I'm not very enthused about keyboards anymore. I have some PBT keycaps to try out later when a Phantom arrives
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 02:41
by ripster
First Filco, then SP.
Nanu - destroyer of keys.
If it makes you feel any better I got those keys shiny in a month.
However my current keys arrived shiny!
Sent From Brother Ripster's iPad
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 10:35
by Gilgam
Mine are shiny very easily too .
This is the way it goes. If you don't want them to be shiny or eroded, don't type
On my GB3 i have the most used letters already shiny .
fortunately i type a lot in english
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 13:27
by mintberryminuscrunch
it looks like you need to trim your nails
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 17:02
by guilleguillaume
I have no shiny keys in any of my keyboards
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 19:29
by feng
guilleguillaume wrote:I have no shiny keys in any of my keyboards
Which means you change your keyboards all the time.
Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 19:41
by ripster
I will be impressed when you wear a hole in them.
Oh wait, Signature Plastics. Those are so thin I wouldn't be impressed.
Posted: 08 Apr 2012, 16:33
by Zehkul
Before I got this board, I didn’t know you could do this to PBT. You can’t see it that well but yes, there is a very noticeable dent in it. ;P
Posted: 08 Apr 2012, 17:40
by ripster
Plastic shrinkage dimple. Most noticeable on black PBT keys but even IBM space bars have it.
But then your stems are probably on a different place. Hmmm..
Wearing out IBM PBT White dyesubs, now That's something.
Posted: 08 Apr 2012, 18:52
by Zehkul
Probably a shrinkage dimple, yeah, but where the lasered legend was there’s a 100% non shrinkage caused hole now of the same shape of the former legend.
I don’t think you can wear dye subbed IBM keys like that though. Come back at me in thirty years.
Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 17:15
by ripster
Sure you can.
See this:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?2959 ... Keys-Guide
F3 "Pylon".
http: //geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=21721
Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 18:08
by off
nanu wrote:I've been using these for 28 months(?). Dolch replica from SP, ABS; aka GH ROUND 1.
Left alt vs. right alt, respectively.
Youch. So what *are* you using Alt for? I only touch that when hitting Alt-F4, which is rare, or opening the menubar; which is even more rare. Granted, I'm on Windows.
Pretty nasty only seeing this now, after having sunk a *bit* of cash into R4. Oh well, still awesome wallpaper it will make.