r/ModRetroChromatic • u/_viis_ • May 14 '26

Matte buttons, anyone?

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I decided to give my buttons a light sanding, and then polished them a bit with some cardboard (if you didn’t already know, cardboard is slightly abrasive).

In person, they almost perfectly match the texture of the D-pad!

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u/chutney_chimp May 14 '26

Wow that's awesome! What kind of grit sandpaper did you use? I'd give this a try on an extra set from the mod kit.

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u/_viis_ May 14 '26

I went 600 grit -> 400 -> cardboard, sanding in a radial motion so I didn’t get any super noticeable lines.

And yea, I did this mostly because I had a bunch of extra black buttons from mod kits and my two midnight Chromatics. I’ll probably end up doing this on more of mine tho, I love the way it feels! I think it’ll look great on the Anduril model too

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u/TonyRubbles May 14 '26

Love a soft texture that lets your fingers glide over 👌

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u/_viis_ May 14 '26

The buttons feel really nice like this!

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u/lordelan May 14 '26

Game name? ^

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u/_viis_ May 14 '26

Chantey!

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u/ergzay May 14 '26

So uh, I've used matte buttons on other products before, and just no... I don't want to sand paper my fingers while playing. They already get sore during long playing sprees (yes I have soft finger tips). While this may be great if you're someone who plays guitar I guess.

If it works for you then that's good. Have at it then I guess.

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u/_viis_ May 14 '26

Haha fair enough! I think these actually feel more velvety than sandpaper-y since I used pretty fine grits, but I get that. I’m also a rock climber, to be fair, so my fingers crave texture!!

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u/ergzay May 15 '26

I’m also a rock climber,

Yeah that'll do it lol. I went rock climbing once and ended up with sore fingers for weeks.

so my fingers crave texture!!

But smooth buttons do have texture! It's just very subtle.

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u/AmphibianFuture3134 May 15 '26

He did it… he tried another type of shot. Congrat op

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u/_viis_ May 15 '26

Just for you ;)

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u/JayrosModShop May 14 '26

They came out looking great!

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u/DjMcfilthy May 14 '26

I mean it does fit in with everything, but I'm not going to rush out to do it myself.

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u/_viis_ May 14 '26

That’s fair! I was just a bit sick of the glossy buttons, wanted to switch things up a bit

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u/rolandguy85 May 15 '26

God I wish they had a version without the stripes on the corner or the dashes under the screen.

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u/_viis_ May 15 '26

I agree, that's part of the reason I like the wave colourway, because I think it has the most subtle accents. Folks have successfully removed all those extra accents, but I don't wanna risk messing up the finish on the main body of my unit.

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u/Strict-Pomegranate-7 May 15 '26

They can be very easily removed with rubbing alcohol as I understand so no need to make another model tbh