Plastic Keytop Repair

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:17:40 -0500


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A month ago I had posted a question regarding using the Acrylikey II =
keytop repair system to fix chipped plastic keys:

I had asked Acrylikey folks:
>> Can your AcryliKey II keytop repair system be used to repair chips in
>> plastic keytops? I service a late-model Yamaha C3 that has several =
chipped
>> keys.

and

 Mike Wagner wrote:
> Acrylikey is specifically designed for natural ivory.  From our =
website
> (www.wagner-technical.com) FAQs:
>=20
> "While it will bond to plastic, it was originally designed for ivory, =
and,
> as such, it looks much better on ivory than it does on plastic.
> Also, it will tend to create a faint cream colored line at the point =
where
> it bonds to a  plastic keytop."

Indeed he was correct - although the cream color seems to have tainted =
the entire repair:



However, it does seem to be bonded well and the repair cannot be noticed =
with fingers - only the eye.

Terry Farrell
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