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Little story. My cleaning lady sucked the P key off my keyboard without realizing it. No big deal, ordered new key caps. My older kid (14) has really taken to my love of mech’s, so when these came he wanted to swap them. However he realized how gross this keyboard was. So he wanted to make it a little dad / son project. Since it’s a bit of a toss away, I let him run it through the dishwasher to clean up all the grime. Then he decided to paint it, so he masked it all off. A bunch of matte blue coats later he was re-keying the board. The end result came great, amplified by the fact that my 14 year old did it for me. >

What kind of paint did you use? >

Just some basic Rustoleum 2x (Paint + Primer) matte blue spray paint that we had lying around. >

You mean primer right?:) >

Fixed. Oops! >

Great son you have there 👌 >

Definitely a keeper. I love that he enjoys random upgrade projects like this.  The keyboard was essentially a toss away, but I appreciate that he wanted to swap the keys and clean it up. The value to me went up 10 fold just because of the effort he put into it to learn. >

Would the opposite of a keeper be … an adoptee? >

Dumpster baby >

W son >

Are you winning, son? >

Grandad? >

Great kid! >

W kid, W dad, W keyboard, W life, W everything >

It turned out looking really good! >

That’s awesome!  What a cool dad moment!  I hope my kiddos do things like this, even if not for me.  I’ve been trying to get my almost 8 year old interested in the hobby.  He’s got a limited attention span but likes it so far.  Anyway, thanks for sharing. >

Get him some clicky keys that will get him interested. That's what got my older one started. He's since moved on to reds since he uses his home computer for mostly gaming, but the click clack drew him in. >

That’s a good idea!  Hadn’t thought of it. Thanks! >

Looks great! Very wholesome >

wholesome W >

Wait u ran the entire keyboard thru the dishwasher and it still works lol? That bitch resilient >

Eh it’s fine. I blew it out with compressed air then used a blow dryer and a bit of air drying. She was all good. If it was a keyboard I really cared about I probably wouldn’t chance it with the PCB and switches installed but it did the trick in a pinch. >

Bruh >

This makes me happy >

Why didn't you guys take the pcb out of the case to paint? >

That would have been the ideal thing to do, but it was a somewhat spur-of-the-moment. If it were a keyboard I cared about, it would have had proper prep. He did blow it out with compressed air and a blow dryer afterward. Everything worked when we powered it back up, so I'll take it. But again, don't try this at home.