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Just One Colour

Just One Colour by essellessell.
The design snob in me isn't particularly happy with Apple's recent trend of using two colours (black and silver, white and silver) on their stuff. Single colours suit the simple design much better, in my opinion.

So. Combine my pedantic taste for minimalism with nerdy touchtyping abilities and a cheap can of white spraypaint, and you end up with my plain white Apple keyboard.

Now I can sleep at night. 

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Craig A Rodway  Pro User  says:

Keyboards are a thing of the past, you should buy a Macbook Wheel ;-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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Paul J White  Pro User  says:

Mmmm... Nice, but it doesn't really have mass market appeal!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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minxlj  Pro User  says:

that is AWESOME - I'm the same as you, I spend so much time with the damn thing I don't need to look at the keys! It would be an excellent way to force people to learn to touch type though!!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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TimCheesman  Pro User  says:

I'm really tempted to try that!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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essellessell says:

So long as you can touchtype, you should :)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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Craig A Rodway  Pro User  says:

There's a niche geek market for it - Das Keyboard.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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Kazaroth  Pro User  says:

I'd've bought a Das months ago if they weren't so ludicrously overpriced...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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alinear  Pro User  says:

How did you spray it without screwing up/stickying the keys by getting paint in the air gaps ? Since it is pretty much impossible to take this model apart without destroying it (http://mustardhamsters.com/?p=86).
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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essellessell says:

To be honest I didn't do anything special at all - it was fine just spraying it all over as it is.

I think the kind if spray I have is quite thin, as there are about 4/5 coats on there and you can actually still see the letters on the keys (albeit very faintly) :)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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jónr  Pro User  says:

Haha... it's like the Apple version of Das Keyboard. :)
(Have one at work, it's actually quite good keyboard)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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kadanwa  Pro User  says:

Beautiful. Lovin' this minimalistic design.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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qviri  Pro User  says:

Please let us know how the paint holds up over time. Looks awesome right now.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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christian.pier says:

Beautiful!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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ZARk.be  Pro User  says:

no more regional keyboard issues :)

(yeah, ordered a keyboard (logitech G15) and got a french layout :s instead of belgian ... )

i should spray paint my G15 :D
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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brownfield says:

that is happening to mine tomorrow
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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minnone says:

so i have to change all!
uuuu nice one!

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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the1stchildren says:

great idea!
I'm considering doing that on the white macbook as well, I don't look at the keys, plus those are mapped to jp input
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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essellessell says:

@qviri - The paint's still looking pretty much as it did when I first sprayed it, 4 months on.

Just needs a clean now and then because I'm eating at my desk too often, haha
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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qviri  Pro User  says:

I was going to check back and ask in a couple of weeks. Brilliant, thanks!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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alinear  Pro User  says:

Clean = Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works great on white apple hardware and white sneakers. Not sure about spraypaint though, may come off.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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kcn0113  Pro User  says:

bravo!!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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