Moe Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Hey guys, so I bought an old dirty VIC20 and I took it apart to clean everything up. I took the keyboard apart and tried to clean the keycap with 99%IPA and a toothbrush. I set the keys out to dry and the next day I checked them out. The symbols on the top of the keys look good but the symbols on the front of the keys are washed off on half the keys ... Shit! Any ideas on how I can cosmetically fix it? I found some non- transparent(white or black) keycap stickers on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/COMMODORE-NON-TRANSPARENT-KEYBOARD-STICKER-BACKGROUND/dp/B003BOUNSQ I guess I could buy the black ones, use an razer blade and cut out the symbols and stick it on the keycaps. Are there any transparent stickers out there that I could use? Are there other options, other then just live with it? Thanks Moe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 Here is an example of my keys ... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) I think you might be pretty much screwed bar buying another Vic to gut for the keyboard...or a C64 as the keyboards are the same. Never use alcohol to clean these printed keys. But, I don't have to tell you that now Don't feel bad, I did the same freaking thing many years ago and it royally pissed me off. One of those live and learn type of things I suppose. Edited May 2, 2020 by eightbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 Yeah .. live and learn. I just feel like an ass though! I guess I'll be posting in the "Wanted" forum next. Thanks Moe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 So I was able to buy a "broken" VIC20 locally, and use its' keyboard. So I now have an extra VIC20 case and this bad keyboard. I decided to use the keyboard and case and build a RetroPi console with a Keyrah v2. I also ordered a set of these Commodore keycap sticks ( https://www.amazon.com/COMMODORE-NON-TRANSPARENT-KEYBOARD-STICKER-BACKGROUND/dp/B003BOUNSQ) and cut out the symbols and stuck them to the front of the keys. I wouldn't want them in my real VIC20, but they are good enough for my RetroPi setup. Cheers, Moe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 what are you doing with the bad vic 20 motherboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Keeping it for parts. I haven't had a chance to test all the socked chips yet, but I will get to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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