Paint new life into your boring computer keyboard

I suppose some people don't really care what their computer keyboard looks like, but I find mine to be especially boring. Black with white letters. Yeah, that is sure to wake me up in the morning. Not!! I came across an interesting article on 88bytes.com about a guy who painted his computer keyboard. I think this idea totally rocks and it is sure to wake up my brain when my 2 year old gets me up before I am even ready to think about dragging my butt out of bed.

Step 1. Remove the keys with a flat screwdriver or a butter knife,
being extra careful with the longer keys, especially if they
have a metal hook on the back that attaches to the
keyboard. I would grab a container to put the keys
in, just in case you have a cat or kid that thinks they are now toys.

Step 2. Take the screws out of the back of the keyboard and put them in another small container so that you
don't lose them. Remove any remaining keys from the front plate and clean that dirty nasty keyboard.


Step 3. Spray the keyboard with plastic spray paint. You might have to do this 2 or 3 times to get the desired
effect that you want. Spray very lightly the first time and then heavier the second time. Let dry thoroughly,
probably overnight.

Step 4. Put the keyboard together in the exact opposite way that you took it apart.

I think that taking a picture of the keyboard is helpful in case you might not remember exactly where the keys go. If I had to tell you right now, this instant, where all the keys go, I am most certain that I couldn't do it. I don't think either, that I could sand all the letters and numbers off the keys as mentioned in the article and remember what symbol was what. I am good, but certainly not that good. I like to see what I am typing.