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Article #913Re: Keyboard wear
From: do_not_spam_me
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 01:11
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 01:11
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"JAD" <jdemma@eartink.net> wrote in message news:<wOBw8.5102$PX2.361154@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>... > wife says "use clear nail polish" to "protect" the keys....an old office > with a cheap boss trick. Not to sure bout that though, some plastics don't > much care for nail polish. Enamel and polyurethane won't damage the keys, but lacquer may. The keyboards I've seen made by NMB, including IBM and Microsoft, don't seem to have problems with the letters wearing off, and they don't seem to be double-shot molded. The cheapest Focus-made keyboards (incl. all those Rocketboards that were given out a few years ago) have markings made with laser burns, and while they don't look the best, they also wear well.
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