How to clean GMK keycaps stained with pen ink?

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Yesterday, I accidentally stained a couple of keycaps of my GMK “True Olivetti” set with blue pen ink. My right ring finger had inadvertently gotten a small smudge of blue ink and, after typing in a few sentences on my keyboard, I realized a couple of keycaps (namely “O” and “L”) were stained with blue ink as well.

I tried rubbing it off with a little bit of water, and it helped a bit, but there are still some traces of ink left. What would be the most effective way to leave my keycaps as new, without damaging them?

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Maybe some mild soap and warm water would do the trick?

Alternatively, cleaning with a denture tab may help

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I’ve used 70% isopropyl alcohol prep pads to clean marks off of my SP SA sets.

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I was gonna say the same, but you beat me to it.

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Yes as others said Isopropyl alcohol is fine with ABS.

But DON’T EVER use something that contains acetone like nail cleaner as it will definitely melt your caps: acetone is commonly used to glue ABS pieces together :smiley:

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Is that fountain pen ink?

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Nope, the ink came from a Cross Ballpoint pen.

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I think I’ll go the Isopropyl alcohol route, guys. Thank you all so much for your suggestions! I really appreciate it.

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I’m still awaiting the resolution to this riveting scenario :smiley:

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Me too, it’s like a cliffhanger ending right now OP… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I applied the Isopropyl Alcohol yesterday night. My keycaps now look like new! No signs of stains whatsoever.

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Thanks so much to all of you, guys! You rock! :grinning:

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Glad it worked!

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Nice work! I was gonna suggest a magic eraser if the iso didn’t work

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Ohhhh, so this is what an ISO set is.

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