Steampunk Keyboard and Mouse (The Easy Way)

Intro: Steampunk Keyboard and Mouse (The Easy Way)

You need a steamish keybord, a mouse and a monitor?
You don´t have a lot of machines to build cases etc.?
No problem!

Here is Mr. Steam easy way to refurbish these items!

STEP 1: Parts

You need:

• A mouse
• A keyboard
• A TFT monitor
• Some paper napkins
• Glue
• Wax stain
• Shellack
• Some brass applikations

STEP 2: How to Make It

Carefully dissasamble the keyboard, the mouse or the TFT.

STEP 3: The Napkins and the Glue

Tear the napkins apart.
Apply the glue and put 4 layers of napkins on the surface.
let it dry two days.

STEP 4: Paint It and Attach Brass to It

Stain it with 4 turns of wax stain. Let it dry and polish the stain between the paintings.
if everything is dry paint it with Shellack 3 times.
Attach the brass applikations, gears etc. to it.

STEP 5: Use It ;-)

Now you can enjoy your new computer stuff.

Comments

[Pygar]

Where do you get your brass applications?

[Asurak]

Hi you said wax stain do you mean wood stain from miniwax? Or if not then where would you get wax stain ppl at lowes had no idea what i was asking for.

Thanks,

[Horatius.Steam]

Good morning,

I used this stain from Selva.de:

http://www.selva.de/product_info.php?cPath=&upage=1&sPath=&products_id=Wachsbeize%20097510&language=en

This stain is wax and water based and produces a wax film on the surface.
You can use something similar. I tried also some water based glaze. The results are not so good but it is working. Try a little bit around on some old plastic pieces to find out the best results.

I read a bit on the miniwax homepage. I think you can try this:

http://www.minwax.com/wood-products/stains/minwax-gel-stain

This sounds quite good.

Have fun and please post your results here.

With kind regards,

Horatius

[ace12345m]

the mouse is cool but you should have done something to the keys to make them look more steam punkish

[Horatius.Steam]

Yes I could. But I did not because it was an "The easy way instructable".

I am looking really forward to see yours regarding a similar mouse with more steampunkish keys.

With kind regards,

Horatius Steam

[ace12345m]

that makes sense

[MissBetsy]

I am impressed once again but not surprised following your projects for quite some time. You are a big inspiration for me Mr. Steam!
Keep up the good work!

[Horatius.Steam]

*make a bow* :-)

Thank you very much my Lady.

Horatius Steam

[longwinters]

What a great conversion, I have really wanted to do my key board to match my monitor, but I just don't have the time with all the other projects,

This looks like one a person could do in a day.

[jessyratfink]

Using napkins is a great idea - the texture looks very nice!

[TheHobbit81]

Yeah FTW. Fantastic idea. Now the challenge; try to find thing to NOT use this method on. Ha Ha Ha