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      6 months ago

      I try to be. I at least feel like I’m making completely different mistakes than my parents did, LOL.

      Also, zooming in and my iPhone’s blown-out white balance (or whatever) does the pictures no favors. The scan lines and color look better in person.

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    What specific inks are you using?

    I’ve gotten surprisingly decent results with dry-erase marker ink on a cheapo 1.5w laser, but the black is by 10x the best colour at adhesion. Would love to expand the palette.

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      I’m using Cricut Infusible Ink markers. They were pretty much made for this, using heat to dye polyester-based materials, like PBT. I just have a 5w diode laser, and I do it “low and slow,” 2% power and 45mm/minute. Black and blue still work best, but the red (pink) and green can be nice too.

      I have done two entire keyboards worth. The gray DSA i did in black are holding up great, but the legends went on wonky because I hadn’t refined my workflow. The next batch I did was on this same type of white XDA but while alignment was vastly improved, the ink didn’t go on as well. The only thing I did differently with these two was make sure to clean the caps with IPA first.

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      Maybe? Specifically, it’s from the Disney+ show they made.

      Not that Disney is the best messenger, but there’s something of value in a superhero show that has very thinly coded episodes about gentrification, rotating door prison systems, and the dangers of social media addiction, among others.