I've got feedback! Thanks, folks!
@thefarside: First, I may have mentioned it, but seeing your avatar and name make me think of the comics, which adds a +1 to my happiness level for the day.
The feet have three screws, each, and two plastic mounting pips.
I did tape off the lock lights label with regular masking tape and used an X-Acto knife to trim. I painted another case and used a bunch of smaller pieces of tape and that came out a bit better.
I'll leave the label up to the person who buys it
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@fohat: I didn't consider Naphtha. I did try soaking the lock lights label in Goo Gone, which I generally use for labels, but even using a lot and waiting for a while didn't work. I don't know if this was due to whatever "cleaning fluid" was used on the keyboard or if the glue Focus/Northgate used was just that good. The original Function Key strip was too damaged to use, so no help there.
@Polecat, my Focus/Northgate friend: If I was able to take a better picture, you'd see that it looks like a light black with a bit of silver thrown in. I think it looks better than some of the flat black cases out there.
I've only had about 10 to 12 OmniKeys. The really old Omnis, like the Gold Badge and the "No Badge," did use some sort of cement or glue to hold down the F key strip, but whatever it is damages the plastic. I don't know when Northgate stopped using the adhesive, but this one just has the little tab cut-outs for the strip. The non-Northgate strip I used had double-sided tape.
I tried using the X-Acto a little to remove the lock lights strip, but I was starting to gouge it a little.
I put the Ctrl key there primarily because I had more of those and more of the small Caps Lock keys than the reverse
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@jsheradin: First, alpaca or llama? Second, my heat gun only has low and high settings -- and that refers to the blowing power, not the heat. It heats up
extremely fast. It feels like room temp to 10,000C in about a minute. IIRC, I bought it as a bundle with a big box of shrink tubes, so it wasn't that expensive.
Everyone's suggestions on how to remove labels are very helpful, especially because I have more keyboards that need painting. Also, if anyone knows of a place to get a strip with the words Print Screen, etc. on a clear background, that'd also be helpful. I have a lot of Apple keyboards to paint!
I forgot to mention: I have another OmniKey that I've done up with Rust-Oleum granite grey. It's going to take a bit before I can post it, though: I haven't mounted any switches.
