Keycap Acrylic Infill

[kralcifer]

A video that is as exciting as watching paint dry (pun intended):
https://youtu.be/d3glhmcGESg

Gallery link:
https://imgur.com/gallery/poOMrNn

XMIT these first two are for you!

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[SneakyRobb]

Right on! Excellent to see you were able to do this

[PlacaFromHell]

Good job. Sticks nice? I tried something similar with my greek Selectric keycaps and didn't last very longer.

[swampangel]

Looks good! But I laughed the first time you took that tiny 5/0 brush and just submerged it in the paint

[kralcifer]

Right on! Excellent to see you were able to do this

Wow, my memory is bad. Thank you for the reminder SneakyRobb. I went back and looked at my Telecomet post and saw the wonderful link you had found showing the infill process. When I sat down to do this one I had completely forgotten it. Credit to SneakyRobb, here is the link again for others:

https://imgur.com/a/KDjmY

After re-reading it I ended up ordering the some makeup sponge wedges from amazon just now, 100 count for $8.41. That was the part I didn't like with what I had done which is getting large amounts of paint on the magic eraser. I'd like to try these wedges as one per wipe off kind of thing. I believe I can afterwards soak them in soapy water and squeeze them dry and reuse them.

Thank you

[kralcifer]

Good job. Sticks nice? I tried something similar with my greek Selectric keycaps and didn't last very longer.

I guess we'll find out. I hadn't heard that it won't last long. I may get lucky that it's not the main alpha keys so won't be a lot of constant touches.

[kralcifer]

Looks good! But I laughed the first time you took that tiny 5/0 brush and just submerged it in the paint

Haha swampangel! I sure wish I knew what I was doing and that I was more natural with some things but I persevere and try stuff anyways and hopefully it turns out! I know nothing about art so feel free to chime in on what I should have done with the brush or what brush would be best, etc.

[swampangel]

Haha swampangel! I sure wish I knew what I was doing and that I was more natural with some things but I persevere and try stuff anyways and hopefully it turns out! I know nothing about art so feel free to chime in on what I should have done with the brush or what brush would be best, etc.

Can't argue with results

With those small detail brushes you normally only load it up with paint partway up the bristles. Yours is a "spotter" for super fine lines (https://www.curtisward.com/introduction ... er-brushes). I think the size 2 round brush in the package you showed is about the size I'd use. But that's just based on painting some D&D minis, I don't claim to know what I'm doing either