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My wait is over!!!...

Finally I got my hands on a Dolch keyboard and to make it even better it have similar layout to my Portuguese native language. Let me thank @derzemel, who re-sold me the board and made this possible.
I can't test the keyboard right now, since I'm waiting for a RJ10->PS/2 adapter from @DanielT, who sent me today this "gift" entirely free of charge! Many thanks in advance to him also!
Furthermore, I'm planning to get a Cherry black coiled ps/2 cable to solder in the future, if I want to. (if anyone has one, please let me know)

The keyboard arrived in an awful condition, dry/parched plastic, lots of dirt and a bit of shine on some caps (spacebar, enter, arrows mainly)... looks like the italian guy had it stored on a pigsty warehouse lol





After cleaning the case, re-conditioning plastics and washing the caps, the results were stunning... Without further ado, here's the photos

Uhuuu... glad you got it

I was really worried that the thing would be a disaster under all of the dirt, especially as I did not see it in person, but, it actually looks good

Enjoy it man!

How did you recondition the plastic? did you use any kind of special solution/substances, or just a good wash??

Looks like a great keyboard. Good layout.

derzemel wrote: ...How did you recondition the plastic? did you use any kind of special solution/substances, or just a good wash??

After a good wash, I've applied a car product for renewing plastics Not sure of what it contains as it's a mixture... if you can buy, the best thing (non-aggressive) to apply in this situations it's simple Silicone Gel!

Doesn't silicone gel make it slippery/greasy?
Beautiful board by the way!

If you don't abuse, I guess not

Gratz @prelim

Very nice cleaning. Now i know where to go to polish my car

Wow, the board looks really nice, and it's a rare layout Nice catch The Dolch is my favorite vintage board, better than the SSK (at least for me).

Very nice, it cleaned up well.

Lovely board. It looks like it's mint condition!

I have seen one Italian one before on otd or kbdmania, I'll try to find it later..

Congrats!

it's all about fun!

Impressive. Congrats.

Prelim wrote: it's all about fun!
[pics of Dolch with colourful caps]

Obviously Nice board you've got, and very nice cleaning and reconditioning work you've done.

kbdfr wrote: Obviously

Spoiler:

Nice board you've got, and very nice cleaning and reconditioning work you've done.

hehe, that's it! boys do have "fingernails hobbies" as well LOLOL

Prelim wrote: it's all about fun!

I WANT those green arrows!!!!

derzemel wrote:
I WANT those green arrows!!!!

bought them on EK (they also have WASD): http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... _grn_arrow

How come I did not know about this website

Thank you

they have the "good stuff" (gmk) for ages, I bought my arrows last Aug/2014 ...but it's really a shame they don't have ISO caps or more colors.

wtf?



This is happening with both Chrome and Firefox.

Same here, obviously due to wrong tags in derzemel's post.

So dirty!

How long till people write like that on purpose! Patch it with fire.

Ohh, so it isn't only me! I thought my firefox was driving crazy lol

@Mu, can't you edit derzemel's post?

better now?

derzemel wrote: better now?

definitely

Smells like a blatant hole in phpbb then if what you write can break the layout for everyone else...

Yup. And accidental holes aren't choosy about what they let through. Troublesome!