Keyboard Keys

@Victoria7 (1240)
Spain
September 3, 2006 12:51pm CST
Considering the amount we press them & the oils from our skin, how come the letters on our keyboards donĀ“t fade sooner!!?
10 responses
24 Jan 07
thts a very good question which i do not kno the answer to! lol. it is weird how they dont rub off...coz if i look at mine closely...it lookes like they are stickers
@katyzzz (2897)
• Australia
7 Jan 07
It's the material from which they re made
@charlesming (1865)
• Singapore
27 Nov 06
very good question. my enter key is fading maybe cause i do use a finger nail on it LOL but yeh what good is a keyboard without any lettered keys. good job on the makers for making it so long lasting :)
@claudia413 (4280)
• United States
27 Nov 06
Mine disappear rather fast. I use my keyboard daily and sometimes for hours a day (business and pleasure). The only reason I ever had to replace a keyboard was because of the keys not having any letters on them. It's a good thing I type by touch and know where all the keys are, or I'd be buying a new keyboard way too often. I just looked at my Dell keyboard that I've had for 18 months, and all keys are still showing letters/symbols. Maybe I should have had a Dell keyboard all along.
@vincent72 (1633)
• Australia
10 Dec 06
actually plaastic is the colour oils cant fade ir unless u use acid , plastic injection moulds, and use pvc or formaldehyde moulds
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
27 Nov 06
I don't know, but they're fading on my laptop. Some are almost gone completely. My dad, who doesn't know how to type, hates using it. haha
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
3 Sep 06
Good question. I don't have an answer. I am sure it has something to do with whatever paint they use on the keys or the fact that your fingers do not linger on the keyboard. I have notice that the mouse that came with my keyboard shows a bit of wear (have had it about one year) and no wear on my keyboard. Personally, I clean my keayboard often (twice a month) and that is suppose to help preserve the kayboard.
@asa010 (1128)
• India
3 Sep 06
we press it,we dont rub it...but i like ur imagination...its different,i guess its good paint.
• United States
4 Sep 06
I'm typing on an Apple keyboard that's about ten years old. The A, S, M, and N keys show some fading and breaks in the letter shape, but the letters on the other keys look pretty much as they first did.
@sevenseas (754)
• United States
21 Nov 06
Funny you should ask that. I was noticing over the weekend that my e - h -and n were becoming faded. I'm sure they are made for much use, but I guess eventually they do rub off.