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slyphnier:
hello everyone

i have been using my topre keyboard for about half year or so
and because my pc is on my bed room, it building up dust rather quick , so i tried to clean up using air-duster to clean it up
it clean some, but there some dust gather up making something like wool and airduster cant blow it up

so it seems i need to pull keycaps so i cant clean it thoroughly
now this might sound stupid but i kinda paranoid breaking keycaps or plunger clip on my way pulling/plugging back keycaps
well if i can find replacement parts easily i wont bother, but as topre keycaps is somewhat not often to find,
and also i need to buy whole keycaps set which is not cheap also, so i dont want to screw up

so longtime veteran topre user here, did u ever experience accidentally break your topre keycaps/plunger/housing caused by pulling/plugging it ?
if there a tips to safetly removing/placing back keycaps please let me know  :)

sorry for being paranoid, but this is my first topre and like everyone else in here, i love it ;D
thanks in advance

Dyslexic:
Do you not have a keycap puller? I had a couple laying around from Ducky keyboard and WASD purchases. I have a topre and the mx keypuller works perfectly for topre as well. It usually feels like there's a bit more resistance when removing a topre than an mx, but none of my caps have been damaged to date.

Check this out.

rowdy:
Or the one from Techkeys: http://techkeys.us/collections/accessories/products/keycap-puller

I haven't removed that many keycaps from my Topre board, but hundreds, possibly thousands, of MX keycap switches have not so much as scratched a keycap.

mashby:
I've used the TechKeys wirepuller as well as the HHKB folded metal puller on Topre and I prefer the wire format, but both work. (more here)

slyphnier:
thanks for the input guys

--- Quote from: Dyslexic on Fri, 07 March 2014, 11:10:38 ---Do you not have a keycap puller? I had a couple laying around from Ducky keyboard and WASD purchases. I have a topre and the mx keypuller works perfectly for topre as well. It usually feels like there's a bit more resistance when removing a topre than an mx, but none of my caps have been damaged to date.

Check this out.

--- End quote ---

yes, i got generic plastic puller one  :) ... probably i should find better keycap puller


--- Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 07 March 2014, 17:21:03 ---Or the one from Techkeys: http://techkeys.us/collections/accessories/products/keycap-puller

I haven't removed that many keycaps from my Topre board, but hundreds, possibly thousands, of MX keycap switches have not so much as scratched a keycap.

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thanks for link
and this what i concern, in mx keycap, we just plug to + which i think is broken-prove
while in topre keycap, there somekind clip mechanism (keycap feet clip to plunger), impact from pulling/plugin seems give more stress to the plastic more than mx, thats why i thought pull/plug might can cause breaking
but hearing so far no one broke their topre keycap, seems the keycap durable enough


--- Quote from: mashby on Fri, 07 March 2014, 17:27:03 ---I've used the TechKeys wirepuller as well as the HHKB folded metal puller on Topre and I prefer the wire format, but both work. (more here)

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thanks for the suggestion sir
to pull the keycap, we just pull it straight right? or better slowly pull  with wiggling it?

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