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Title: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: Mugen on Mon, 29 April 2013, 21:52:57: Has anybody tried this grease?
http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,misc&pid=mechlube
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 29 April 2013, 21:59:31: Good for stabilizers in moderate amounts. But using them to on switches will mess them up for sure.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: keymaster on Mon, 29 April 2013, 22:51:41: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 29 April 2013, 21:59:31
Good for stabilizers in moderate amounts. But using them to on switches will mess them up for sure.

This. I've used it to get rid of a squeaky backspace (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40053).
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: Mugen on Mon, 29 April 2013, 23:00:21: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 29 April 2013, 21:59:31
Good for stabilizers in moderate amounts. But using them to on switches will mess them up for sure.

Thanks, what would you recommend for switch lubing then?
I've read this thread (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34332.0) and there seem to be several valid options, wondering what you guys would recommend,
Thanks.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: jdcarpe on Mon, 29 April 2013, 23:11:30: We always recommend a 1:1 mixture of DuPont Krytox GPL 103 and 205. If you can find it. :)
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: Mugen on Tue, 30 April 2013, 00:05:34: Quote from: jdcarpe on Mon, 29 April 2013, 23:11:30
We always recommend a 1:1 mixture of DuPont Krytox GPL 103 and 205. If you can find it. :)

Yeah i tried to find the 103 but it was freaking impossible (i found one somewhere but it was a huge container). what would you recommend if not this super mix?
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 30 April 2013, 00:06:26: I like super lube.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: Mugen on Tue, 30 April 2013, 00:16:15: Quote from: The_Beast on Tue, 30 April 2013, 00:06:26
I like super lube.

>_<
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: iri on Tue, 30 April 2013, 06:36:30: Quote from: jdcarpe on Mon, 29 April 2013, 23:11:30
We always recommend a 1:1 mixture of DuPont Krytox GPL 103 and 205. If you can find it. :)
...and afford it.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: Larken on Tue, 30 April 2013, 06:50:22: I can vouch for super lube as a cheap alternative. Though I did order some krytox to eventually compare against.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: Grim Fandango on Tue, 30 April 2013, 08:04:16: Hmmm, when feeling and listening to my stabilizers, I think I could use this at least on my home keyboard.

Not sure if I should though. Everything considered I like how they feel. I am worried about creating some sort of inconsistency between the feel of the stabilizers and the rest of the keyboard.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: danielucf on Tue, 30 April 2013, 10:31:25: I've been using Tribolube 71 on stems/stabilizers which is almost the same as GPL-205 by my guess but around half the price, and victorinox on springs. I love it on reds and blacks so far, and will try it on clears soon.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: keymaster on Wed, 05 June 2013, 09:37:33: Instead of creating a new thread, I'm just going to bump this one.

It seems that Elite Keyboards has a new product for lubricating switches/stems: MechLube 2 (http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,misc&pid=mechlube_2). It's only $6 and I'm curious to know if it will be a cheap and simple alternative to the Krytox 205/103 mixture usually recommended. Maybe someone can do a side by side comparison? :)
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: metalliqaz on Mon, 09 September 2013, 20:52:34: I would also like to know if anyone has tried Mechlube-2. I want a low viscosity lube for my ergo clears. Not sure if i should go for this or that silicon lube with teflon.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: InAComaDial999 on Tue, 10 September 2013, 13:34:32: It would be nice if they actually said what the lube is made of - silicon, teflon, etc?

Personally I like Finish Line Extreme Fluoro, which is 100% Teflon grease. I've used it on a couple of squeaky stabilizers, both Cherry and Costar type, and it works great every time. You wouldn't want to use that on switches, though; too viscous.
Title: Re: Have you tried this grease?
Post by: larrymoencurly on Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:48:26: There's a type of synthetic grease sold for garage door opener gears that's very thin but doesn't seem to run off, Tribolube 39.