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RayB:
A quick spray on the inside with some of that "window frosting" paint might do the trick...
CJK:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 04, 2005, 12:47:37 pm ---A quick spray on the inside with some of that "window frosting" paint might do the trick...
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That's what I was thinking. My buttons should be here tomorrow (unless my local post office performs as usual, in which case it will be Wednesday), and I might try exactly that.
-- Chris
tetsujin:
--- Quote from: Chris on July 04, 2005, 01:13:07 am ---I know someone floated the idea of acetone... what about swabbing acetone inside the plunger with a Q-Tip?
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Yep, planning to try this as soon as I can get my hands on a clear button. (grrr....)
MrTroy:
Well got my buttons some time between Friday and Today. I'm quite happy with them. a few of them feel slightly thicker than the other ones, and I'm having issues tightening the nuts. But we'll have to see when I get home and put them in my control panel.
RandyT:
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--- Quote from: Chris on July 04, 2005, 01:13:07 am ---I know someone floated the idea of acetone... what about swabbing acetone inside the plunger with a Q-Tip?
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Yep, planning to try this as soon as I can get my hands on a clear button. (grrr....)
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Tried this a week or so ago. Initially it looked great, but then "healed" itself back to clear. Tends to just make the material gummy.
I think this may end up being the issue to solve with these buttons. If you mount the LEDs in the "normal" way, they tend to act like lenses and more light hits the ceiling than illuminates the button.
At least that has been my experience.
RandyT