I use a Microsoft ‘Sculpt Comfort’ keyboard bought in 2012. I like using it and it works fine, but the lettering has worn off all the main keys.  Since I’m a touch typist, this wasn’t a problem until I started learning Morse, when I was overwhelmed by extra mental effort of listening to the signal whilst hitting the right keys.  Sadly, it seems that no-one is making a similar replacement keyboard.  I’d tried putting paper stickers on the keys, but these couldn’t withstand the rather fierce pounding I was giving the poor old thing.

Then I found proper plastic keytop stickers on-line at Amazon.  These are amazing.  I vacuumed then cleaned the key tops carefully first with a cloth damped with detergent and then with a tissue dampened with Methylated Spirit (alcohol) to ensure that grease and gunge was removed.  Then all I had to do was remove the stickers one at a time from the backing sheet, putting them carefully into place using tweezers and then pressing them down firmly.  I’m really impressed by the result – unless you look carefully, you wouldn’t really notice what has been done, and now I can’t blame the keyboard when I hit the wrong key!

The keyboard still shows up dust and I’m aware that the wrist-rest is tatty. I’ll need to find a way of re-covering it, but it’s not a priority right now.