Spray Painting a Mechanical Keyboard!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Today we go through how I personally spray paint a mechanical keyboard. The two boards I have here are the Vortex Cypher, and the Keychron K2.
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yep, small audio mistake in clear coat bit. anyway, bit of a long vid, because I didn't want to speed up the spraying bits so that it's easier to understand (for the case bit).
@Mr.Raj Daddy yeh for sure. that would actually be the best case scenario.
@Mr.Raj Daddy What's your u/ so I can check it out?
Do u live in Australia
@Mr.Raj Daddy yah
could you spray white, white pudding key caps
Finally took the plunge and bought a ton of supplies. Watching this while waiting for my color coat to dry.
Video about it soon tm?
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That chair is a legend. He has been in all of your spraying included video, he endured so much spray. Great job chair.
I love chair
Chair is a good boi
I have that chair. it’s from ikea
Hello
Stool not chair
FYI: Yellow is one of colors that always will take more coats, no matter the medium, it's known by painters and artists
You could reduce the number of coats by first painting on some white primer.
Actually most hardware store paints are really bad so i would use the "graffiti"" proffesional" from montana molotow flame
so thats why I needed 2 cans to spray paint my bass guitar to yellow... and other colors only 1 can was enough
To make a ducky shine 3
@@CharliesMaidenCovers absolutely. yellow colorant categorically is a lot thinner and spreads out far less opaque than other colorants. I'd highly recommend, if at all possible, using a traditional paint sprayer and using a tinted primer. hardware stores like home depot and lowe's have primers that can have colorant added to them to assist with color transitions, so getting a yellow primer will help immensely not just in getting the new color down but getting it down EVENLY.
To avoid droplets and uneven spraying, shake it like there is no tomorrow, and then do a few short burst away from your target to prime the nozzle, then while painting do short fast burst taking care not to overlay the paint in each pass to avoid unnecessary build up. Adam Savage has a good display technique and explanation on some of his one day build videos.
Is it fine to use 400 grit sandpaper after 2 coats of primer?? I don't have 800 grit sandpaper available with me
Every new upload, I play “Guess the blurry kpop mv in the background” whilst enjoying the video
Its twice now!
Feel special
Lew O ?????
Likey
Recently into spray painting peripherals, I find this helpful and it has improved my painting skill. My custom mouse will look better after a little sanding (like you did with the droplets). I had a thick clear coat on a border because of the low light in the evening.
I recommend shaking the can a bit more before spraying. That’ll avoid a lot of droplets!
not to mention that keeping your finger away from the hole where the paint is coming out of helps too
if you're not careful, paint droplets build up on your finger, and then that gets sprayed on your object
Is it fine to use 400 grit sandpaper after 2 coats of primer?? I don't have 800 grit sandpaper available with me
@@TemProduction it's totally fine. just sand lightly and do a proper touch test to ensure the primer surface is fully dried/cured
I'd mask off the inner parts as the paint will add thickness to the parts and your hardware and pcb may not fit as well once you put it back together. Also going to a graffiti supply shop is your best bet for paint with high uv rating to prevent fading, and you can get paint with a nice matt finish that you won't need to clear coat. Try Montana Black. The price is the pretty much the same as the crappy stuff from the hardware store. All paint will need a few days for the solvent to evaporate out completely and for the paint to cure to full hardness. Best to not bring it into the house but leave somewhere like a garage. And you should ALWAYS wear respiratory protection.
I use Montana Gold and it works great!
A month ago I spray painted my Royal Kludge RK987 in dark blue to fit a set of keycaps I had for a while (OEM profile blue gradient doubleshot pbt keycaps from Massdrop) to give to my brother to replace his old mech (has some old Steelseries with scratchy mx blacks, not to say that the RK branded reds are much better but he does like them better).
Went flawlessly, looks incredible, I also picked up some dark blue aluminum feet from kprepublic which work great!
Awesome vid!
Awesome stuff!
omggg im looking for a dark blue, which brand did u use?
Great painting trip is to also put some kind off plastic box or something over the painted thing so random dust and particles don't stick to the surface
I watch a lot of car autobody stuff
And they say that the key to a good paintjob is good prep work
Good prepwork and painting technique
I plan on painting the base of my keyboard grey and get grey key caps just like the old early 2000s computer keyboards, straight from my nostalgic childhood
An "old mate" told me to do a quick spray holding the can upside down after use to help clear the nozel which avoids them spitting globs out on the next coat.
Don't think we can't hear TWICE in the background
Whered you hear it
yezir feal special
HEARD IT RIGHT WHEN I READ YOUR COMMENT HAHAHA
9:07 feel speciar
I thought I'm just hearing it inside my head HAHAHAHHA
if you close your eyes you can hear Daniel Riccardo talking about keyboards
Holy shit your are right hahahaha
holy shit LMAO
Crazy how similar it is 😂
I know I’m late it just sounds like Daniel talking on radio
Straight FACTS Lmao
You should probably also put some sort of plug in the type c port to prevent getting paint in there.
Record a couple hours of the sounds that just happen in your back yard and put it out as an ASMR video. I would fall asleep to that every night.
Great video and builds. I would like to say that it is possible to spray too light of a coat. Ideally, each coat should have enough coverage so that the droplets all connect together before they dry. This allows them to form a flat, continuous film over the surface because of surface tension. Otherwise you can start to get droplets drying on top of previously dried ones which makes a bumpy texture, unless that's what you're going for.
After watching this video I am more discouraged than ever to paint my own keyboard.
the levels of SATISFYING this video have... no words. beautiful.
I always love your tutorial! Please keep this up! Thank you for all these awesome vids!
Thanks mate!
why is this so relaxing to watch?
looks so great. When the warranty of my keyboard ends I will try do it
Spray closer to the keyboard. if you spray that far away the paint will have half dried when it hits the surface, creating a gritty texture.
You are one of the few youtubers with good spraying technique. Good job on the keyboard.
Hydrodip looks cool as well
this is a very chill video
16:49 I was anxious watching him turn the board with the key caps over the drain lol
9:07 "I feel loved, I feel so special."
My keyboard now look even better thanks for the tutorial
This looks clean af
I love that yellow
Totally trying this when/if I ever have a peripheral that survives longer than the warranty period lmao
when you are fed up trying to find keycaps with the right color:
Aw I was excited to see how the keycaps looked with rgb after lol. For someone who doesn’t use hand creams and such, do you think the keycaps would last at least a year?
I think the texture comes from the way it was sprayed. (Fast and from far) You usually need wet/heavy coats to actually get a smooth finish especially with clear coat
I see Twice Likey playing in he background😍
I really like the keys with Just the primer.
It looks like granite
At 2:34.Did anyone notice the casually burning house in the background?
I did
When you put the primer on the keycaps 16:00 , ugh i already like it and telling to myself: "please dont put other paint on it"
It looks like stone! I thought the same thing and honestly would be interested in having my own keycaps look like that.
Ngl his painting skills kinda hurted
18:15 if thats green im colourblind
turquoise but its closer to blue
@@triliner254 Didn't he use teal? That was what the spray can said wasn't it?
Looks green to me
@@r.a.w.mstudios4660 Pretty sure it's purple mate
@@sleekismboyz605 na thats orange fs
Me who just used 1 spray paint to paint my keycaps before I watched this video: Ummm ok... So where is the redo button.
Sand and try again :)
Not going to lie some of the bets spray painting ive seen ans the keycaps are beautiful
Thanks mate!
@@TaeKeyboards no problem man did I tell you I finally did it I ordered the parts for my first custom keyboard of course it was from kbd but you wont believe this I could of gotten more expensive but ai truely do oile the classic look of the tofu and ive done so much research that with zealios v2 switches and the brass plate and some abs keycaps it sound fucking amazing so mine should be close of course I got some good cherry stabs also so it wont be all rattly but I cant wait it will be here friday I ordered aome tai hao abs keycaps the new cube versions bevause I think there less grindy I actually feel tai hao keycaps grind on the housing if the switches and I actually feel thats why theh changed the design with there newer keycaps and now they dont rub at all actually to be honest something about the new cube desing made them sound better then most keycaps and other abs keycaps I got the avatar keycaps with the orange enter and extra keys instead of the pink ones and I also got some of there older ones just because I liked the look of the white blue and green keycaps but yeah I also got me some nice good ol fashoined mx blacks and I ordered som trybosis 3204 lube and 120 gold plated 72g springs so im all set to have some fun tearing everything aptt and truely making it my own pretty cool for a first build tho everything together ran me around 400 dollars but for everything I got thats not bad at all I actually only paid 50 dollars for the zealios v2 they will be here tomorrow crazy how this time the shipping ran all good and I ordered from all different pkaces and things will be here tomorrow and some will be fridaya nd thats the latest for everyhrign so ill actually have everything here around the same time so I dont have to wait any longer it only going to take 3 days tops to get here in total because I ordered everything yesterday or mabye yesterday at like 4 am haha but as you can tell im very excited and I cant wait
Thank you! I've been looking for something like this :D
I "Likey" the color and it looks "Fancy" , also like that you spray more than "TWICE"
i surely "Feel Special" if i own the keyboard.
u ok?
@@BritishEggz hahahahahah
Damn... this video was like watching paint dry ;-)
really nice finish!
the biggest cheat: if there are imperfections, call it a 'rustic' finish
Good idea, actually might match the new setup I’m going for😂
the twice playing in the background is a vybe
Great videos mate, I´ll give you a top tip, if you don´t mind, using one of those cheap wooden IKEA swivelling stools might make the spraying phase a tad easier. Laterz
LMAOOO
the lorikeets beeping in the background outside ❤️
any tips for doing this with a metal board?
Beautiful!
9:40 I can hear "Feel Special" from twice
hehe
0:50 you can watch "likey" in the monitor on the bg
how come no keyboard youtubers do anything about full keyboards, i lowkey wanna see some stuff about full sizes, coz i never see stuff about them anywhere
there bad
Wtaching you do this while sanding my new keys is cathartic :)
cute doggie insert at the end :)
this is frikkin amazing
Does the bunnings board come with a free sausy sizzle
its called a snag
Crunchy121 the act of cooking a snag on the barbie is a sausy sizzle.
Yeah that was a good one, mate.
why did i watch this, I use a laptop
Spray your laptop keyboard
I use xbox😂
@@cool_bug_facts including the screen
@@zypper7213 🤭
@@zypper7213 you’re a genius haha
Ikea chair nice!
I FEEL SO SPECIAAAAAAAL
wow loved it i will make my keyboard matte black
Is it just me or I prefer abs keycaps? I like how they don't have any texture like pbt and tbh linear switches feel better with abs
it's a better idea to just buy a set of keycaps in the colors your want instead of painting them, that if third party keycaps fit of course, if the keys on the kb are standard size. which i always prefer over non-standard size keyscaps that some companies put out, like corsair for example
tips on reapplying the rubber feet? any new adhesive applied?
15:11 I'm that one keycap that fell off the table
Sanding in between coating doesn't remove the paint or the primer that you just applyed creating an uneven portion?
Gorgeous color. If it's a keyboard worth keeping then something like Cerakote would be best. I'm lucky I have a guy nearby who does Cerakote. His waitlist is weeks to months, but I can drop stuff off at his shop any time.
The red looks sick. Nice job 🔥
I bought an idobao id80 and the brandy red color is not as dark as I was hoping. I really expected it to match the GMK redsun samurai keycaps but it doesn't so now I am thinking about painting it but im not 100% sure yet but I was looking fora video on painting aluminium... this was helpful though.
i've been binging you for days...why have i only just figured out that you're aussie too?
Nice color. I wish i can do a completely work like you did :3
Great video as always. Have you considered hydrodipping keycaps?
Does it wear off over time?
If you want to keep the legends, how do you tape them? They're so thin and small! Can you make a video on this too? Thank you for the informative tutorials (:
Oh yeh, I meant like just tape off the whole top. Which would therefore leave them black, with just the sides painted.
TaeKeyboards aha! gotcha
Put tape over the top of the keycap and using an exacto knife, trace the outer borders of the legends and remove the tape that isn't covering the legend. After putting primer and color paint, remove the tape over the legend and then apply clear coat.
3:10 "for this that isn't the case" i see what you did there
Could you do an in depth review of the leopold fc660m? All the ones i’ve seen arent really good and most i found were actually on the topre one (fc660c i think?)
what do you want to know?
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Mate, can you give a quick update to how the caps are handling? Would be helpful!
how did u remove the rubber feet? and did u reuse or purchase new? if u purchased new what exactly are they called? thanks
Hello, great vid. I was wondering if the process is the same for acrylic cases? I want to paint transparent acrylic case to opaque black
Would recommend some ironlak or Montana for a wider colour range + smoother valve for controlling the spray and output, can also change the caps for a wider or more softer spray
yep! I have some Ironlak cans in the garage.
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Lol i remove all buttons now idk where do i put it in right!
RIP, if you’re doing this again next time take a picture or paint it in order!
Hello, You have any methods to print legends on the new keycaps?
Hey, how did you manage to paint the keychron without painting the flip out rubber feet, do they just pop out? Also, how did you protect the Bluetooth thing inside the keychron when painting?
Have you figured it out yet?
Will this work for the Bakeneko? I want to do a cheaper alternative instead of Cerakote
Are these both plastic cases? I see the Keychron k2 also has an aluminum option. And if anyone here has a preference for painting plastic vs. aluminum, I'd love to hear it!
EDIT: at the end of the video, he does mention that the keychron k2 does have aluminum sides. And the Vortex Cypher is of course plastic.
Does the rgb still works when you paint over the keycaps
now, is this worth to try on tofu? kinda want to try this later when my package come
Eosmann don’t.
That is an aluminium case i guess. What if i follow the steps for a plastic case?
You also did a dyeing video a few years ago, what was the best experience?
Layin it down heavy
If you build your own keyboard there's no warranty to void. Big Brain
John Anderson if you gay you gay. Big brain
Should I do this with the taser huntsman elite?
I wonder, is there any noticeable difference in typing feels?
BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE WHERE THE DEALS ARE JUST THE BEGGINING
This video makes me want to use my paint pens on my keyboard
How durable is the key paint? I have an MX Keys keyboard which has backlit keys, but many keys show symbols for both Mac and PC.
So I figured Id blot out the Mac backlit symbols using grey enamel paint. This works well initially, but the paint soon wears off after just a few weeks. Looking for something more permanent thanks
I just bought a tecware phantom 87 and I wanted to paint my old outemu blue keyboard to test first and if it fits ill use it. But thanks I needed this.
I always use Rust Oleum for mods, do you recommend this brand over that?
This brand was just the cheapest they had at the store with the colours I needed.
I've used both Rust Oleum and store brand paints. Some of the professional paints are a bit different but all decent.