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Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: LivingChampion on Sun, 31 July 2011, 02:41:23

You guys think this will do the job?
http://www.amazon.com/Permatex-80345-White-Lithium-Lube/dp/B000HBNV58/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312097984&sr=8-1

or how about this one?

http://www.amazon.com/Panef-Corp-White-Lithium-Grease/dp/B000BXKZ4C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1312098049&sr=8-4

Thanks

Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: Pnanasnoic on Sun, 31 July 2011, 03:18:15

Use a 1/16th of a pinkynail's worth of carmex. It worked for my squeaky Mionix mouse.

Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: nhwhaup on Sun, 31 July 2011, 06:26:56

The carmex for lips?

Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: Pnanasnoic on Sun, 31 July 2011, 06:52:09

Quote from: nhwhaup;390328

The carmex for lips?

 
 The very same. I needed *something*, the squeak was unbearable. It worked like a charm.

Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: PerfectError on Sun, 31 July 2011, 11:14:46

I used paintball gun lube to reduce any squeak and clang on my Filco. I think it was my Shift keys that had a slight squeak when I pressed down on it and any key with a stabilizing  bar had a sort of a jangle soon as you touched it. I put the lube where the bars met the key and the base of the keyboard and now even lightly tapping my large keys feel solid with no sound or play from the metal bar, it feels like any other key with out a stab bar. i used paintball gun lube because i had it off hand but i knew that it wont effect the plastic and it'll work well with metal. Anything thats thick and pasty should do the job.

Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sun, 31 July 2011, 11:35:00

When I looked under the squeakless keys of the WASD keyboards, they have white lithium grease:

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20400-First-WASD-Keyboards-purchase-and-review-on-Geekhack&p=390015&viewfull=1#post390015

Title: White lithium grease for my squeaky backspace key
Post by: daerid on Sun, 31 July 2011, 13:20:40

I bought the Permatex. It works perfectly for all my boards.