Yellow A4000 front

[Doppie1200]

I've thougt about a black A1200. A member of this very site posted a very cool black A1200 incarnation he created.

Anyway I'm still stuck on the keyboard part. CDTV keyboards are pretty rare.

I've got a nice white A1200 (it is almost none yellowed) that I keep under a dustcover. It is only used when no direct sunlight can shine upon it. I hope to keep it white for a couple of more years.

Also I have a spare keyboard (still in the mitsumi factory box) I'm thinking about spraying a yellow A1200 using silk gloss paint. If you hold the spraycan around 30 centimeters from the object you get about the same plastic shine as the original case has. The yellowed keys I can replace. But if those keys turn yellow I'm out of options.

[Doppie1200]

Polishing the keys will make you loose the symbols

If I look carefully at my A1200 keyboard upclose I can see the symbols laying on the plastic like a sticker. So you will first polish the sybols off before you reach the plastic underneath it.

It might work if the symbols are much thougher than the plastic.

[Doppie1200]

I've been examining my uber yellow keyboards I have here. It seems to me the plastic directly under the keyboard decal is not that yellow. And also the parts of white/yellow coming from underneath the decal (like the center of the '0') are not a really significant part of the keyboard button.

So I thought, if you have enough free time you could put a  
Liquid mask on the button. After your white spray paint has dried you just clean the button and it should be OK I guess.