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by EliasWatson 1794 days ago
TaeKeyboards has a video where he does that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKpsohmQMwE

It looks pretty good, but you can't put a clearcoat on it, so it's not durable enough to actually use as a keyboard. Still a fun item to have on your shelf though.

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Wait can you not clearcoat it because it ruins the effect? Or is it somehow too weak to accept a clear coat?
The clear coat would ruin the effect by reflecting light, making the paint look less black
Sure, I guess I'm imagining a thick enough coating where it looks like a very dark featureless surface under a transparent layer, which I think would look pretty cool. But that's not really clear coat so much as it is epoxy.