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Title: How to improve the feel of a RB board?
Post by: Encryptor on Tue, 17 January 2012, 16:31:25: How long have you been typing on it? I once had one of those flat floppy rubber keyboards and it was awful initially, but after a while the "domes" kind of softened up and it wasn't so bad to type on.

Its odd that the keys get stuck bottoming out. Does that have to do with the keycaps?
Title: How to improve the feel of a RB board?
Post by: hazeluff on Tue, 17 January 2012, 16:35:42: Quote from: Encryptor;492828
How long have you been typing on it? I once had one of those flat floppy rubber keyboards and it was awful initially, but after a while the "domes" kind of softened up and it wasn't so bad to type on.

Its odd that the keys get stuck bottoming out. Does that have to do with the keycaps?

To me that seems more like the rubber not acting like a spring and pressing the key up. Either that or the keycap+stem is getting stuck.
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Title: How to improve the feel of a RB board?
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 17 January 2012, 19:22:02: You could always pull all of the keys and give it a good cleaning/vacuuming.

Sometimes it just needs to be broken in a bit.

Also, are you sure that nothing has ever been spilled in it?

I am never shy about taking things apart and cleaning all the pieces.
Title: How to improve the feel of a RB board?
Post by: hazeluff on Tue, 17 January 2012, 21:28:53: Yeah, Back on my G15, I would take all the keys out and bath them in some soapy water and dry them off.

And while that was going on, I'd dust off and clean as much as the board possible. If you arn't too scared of opening up the board, I probably would open it up and try to clean up the plastic frame and maybe find something interesting.

If its not an expensive/special Rubber dome keyboard, I would go for a new one. Rubber domes are quite cheap. Or switch to a lovely mechanical keyboard ;p eh?
Title: How to improve the feel of a RB board?
Post by: jmw19 on Wed, 18 January 2012, 08:21:56: If keys are getting stuck down, it sounds like lubing the keys might help. I've had decent luck with furniture polish, as it doesn't affect plastic or rubber, and is easy to apply in light doses. The Swiffer/Febreze stuff is fairly slippery, as I discovered when I cleaned some cabinets with it, and slipped on the laminate floor that had gotten some overspray. Other stuff is fine, too, though - it's all basically wax and oils in a can.
I just remove the top, flip it over, and spray lightly, aiming for the spaces between the keys. You can put something under the board to keep the keys depressed, to make sure the spray reaches the contact points.
Give it a few minutes to dry, and wipe any excess off. As a bonus, your board will smell better now, too. If keys are still sticking, you should be able to pull them and check for molding flash or imperfections, but the spray should help with the stiffness.