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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: dimm0k on Sun, 02 December 2012, 10:10:09
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So I finally moved to the mechanical keyboard world and it has been a nice experience so far. The only issue is that my spacebar is a squeaky little !@#$er and I've read that one should avoid any oils or lubricants containing petroleum as that will destroy plastics like acid so I'm wondering if this bicycle chain lube I've used for my bike is good or dangerous... The exact name on the bottle is Finish Line Dry Teflon Lube.
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no one tried this?
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It is worth spending the $5-10 for the specialty keyboard lube.
I got this one from elitekeyboards:
http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,misc&pid=mechlube (http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,misc&pid=mechlube)
and it works great.
Nice applicator, too!
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Lithium and silicone based grease are cheap and available at your favorite automotive parts retailer.
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Lithium and silicone based grease are cheap and available at your favorite automotive parts retailer.
I think lithium greases are okay for the meantime, but they are known to degrade plastics over time. They seem to have a penetrating ability that is excellent for metal parts (bearings and such no doubt), but for plastics, I'm not too sure.
Silicone based is okay, make sure you use full-synthetic with no petroleum distillates or other products for that matter.
I think I may give the mechlube a try. I was also eyeing the DuPont brand PTFE lube. It's on another post, but I think it had acetone in it...
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All the mechanical keyboards I got have the same problem, squeaky noise, that include Filco. :) But just adding some lithium greases to the stablizer, it works like charm
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Just washed out my spacebar off of lithium grease, dirt, lint, hair and whatever else. It stains the clear plastic to yellow but after some warm soapy water it turned back to clear. I think OEMs use a tiny dab of lithium grease on their stabilizers or some form like it. I would use deoxit brand. The red d series is made for plastic on plastic and cleaning. The f series is made for metal to plastic or metal to metal. I may have them mixed up but you should check out their site: caig labs.
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It is worth spending the $5-10 for the specialty keyboard lube.
I got this one from elitekeyboards:
http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,misc&pid=mechlube (http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,misc&pid=mechlube)
and it works great.
Nice applicator, too!
Leaning toward this more. I've been looking at MSDS of some products, and they say its plastic and rubber safe and it contains acetone...
So anyways, MechLube, can you use it on switch sliders? I mean yeah, I'm going to lube my stabilizers but I want it to have a more well rounded application too you know?