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Adhesive/tabbed overlays - C47 & WP43 (DM42), WP3xS, DB48X, newRPL variants!
07-20-2023, 04:10 PM (This post was last modified: 07-20-2023 04:12 PM by spiff72.)
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RE: Adhesive vinyl overlays - WP31S, WP34S, newRPL variants now available!
(07-20-2023 03:34 PM)johnb Wrote:  I promised before/during/after images, and finally here's the "after."

I guess my eyesight is no longer 20/15.
The photo reveals little imperfections that I cannot see when holding the calculator.
Those little edges between the main overlay and the keys are really quite invisible in practice.

Again thanks to fellow collector @grbrun for the idea of masking with a sharpie. A little painstakingly careful effort, and (in person) it looks like the calculator was built this way and is not "wearing" an overlay.

Nice!

I should add the sharpie suggestion to the instructions/tips document I email to buyers. I have done this myself, but wasn't sure if everyone would be OK with that. I find that some elbow grease and a cotton round with 91% isopropyl alcohol can remove the sharpie if you wanted to.

EDIT:
This video shows the sharpie masking method described above:
https://youtu.be/diJA2cCQenI?t=627
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RE: Adhesive vinyl overlays - WP31S, WP34S, newRPL variants now available! - spiff72 - 07-20-2023 04:10 PM
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