I Screwed Up Painting my Keyboard....

[GreyHawX]

A week ago I decided to paint my keyboard and since I'm impulsive, I painted it with little research.  I botched the paint job and now my keyboard looks terrible.  Does anyone know how to remove paint from plastic?  I found this guide to dying keyboards and want to try this instead.  

[legopc]

could you post a picture? :D 

[Theo]

could you post a picture? :D

Yes i wanna see a picture too lol

[Flynn]

We need to see how extensive the damage is in order to properly advise you, please post a picture.  Also, what type of paint did you use?

[GreyHawX]

I only have two pictures right now.  I'm not at home at this moment so I can't post any others.  As for what paint I used, I don't know what brand is was or if it was even good for plastic, but it was spray paint.

[Hoppa]

did you use primer?

[JordanMac]

Get the sandpaper out and put some elbow grease in to remove the original paint and get a good clean surface. Then you're going to want to get some proper spray paint for plastic, I believe Plastikote makes a specific one for plastic. Do several light coats, light enough that after the 1st or even 2nd coat you can still see some bare areas, I say this because from your picture it looks like you have sprayed on too much paint in one go resulting in that very heavy finish that's got lots of dust on it. Take your time and it will look good.

[arodrake]

Do you know what kind of paint you used? acrylic, enamel, etc?

It may come off with the appropriate thinner... but you should becareful as it may remove the original paintwork.

And as the person said above, I think you sprayed too much...

Anyway try to remove the previous paint with thinner. If it doesn't come off, you will need to sandpaper the paint job off (Use low grit sandpaper first and increase grit for a smoother finish) and apply primer.

Several light coats to build up layers is the best way to get the best even paint job.

I normally apply a coat and allow at least a day for it to set before applying another coat.

Then if you want to, you can apply a top coat to protect the paint job.

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[Matacks]

these guys on the forums about building model cars have some methods for doing this.  You most likely used enamle paint which shouldnt be that hard to remove.  There may be more info or other threads about it as well.  

 

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=42145

[Anult]

Hey at least you tried, don't give up and just start again but this time be patient and research into these kind of things very carefully.

[spooley]

have you considered plasti dip instead? that way if you screw up again its easier to start over

[Jokrik]

Dont give up! its pretty Ok for first timer

I've painted my model M recently and it took me a constant 2 days to get to the right level of paint

 

I spray painted it very very thinly every hour or so for 4 - 6 hours a day

using a krylon

 

and this is the result

 

as for the keycaps, I used the same dyeing guide

as far as I know, dyeing the frame is even riskier since if you dont clean it well before the dyeing

the color will have some marks

 

What I suggest you to do is (as above said) sand it down, and repaint it very thinly on every step