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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: durainello on Thu, 25 January 2018, 21:13:49

Title: Corrosion / oxidation / rust on Realforce metal plate
Post by: durainello on Thu, 25 January 2018, 21:13:49

Anyone experiencing the same issues on their board? Or any preventive methods to maintain the metal plate.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Corrosion / oxidation / rust on Realforce metal plate
Post by: Hyde on Fri, 26 January 2018, 10:56:05

Hmmmm I've owned my Realforce and my wife has her FC660C for about 3 ish years now and I've recently open it up for modding and I didn't notice any rust.

Did you spill any liquid on it at any point at any chance?  Though I'm not expert on this but in general Topre is very easy to take apart so you can probably take everything off the plate and spray some anti rust things on it?  It's just a very length process though (not hard, just tedious).

I wonder if anyone else have better suggestions.  :P

Title: Re: Corrosion / oxidation / rust on Realforce metal plate
Post by: Puddsy on Fri, 26 January 2018, 12:55:20

checked my RF plate yesterday for this thread, it's about 4-5 years old with no rust

Title: Re: Corrosion / oxidation / rust on Realforce metal plate
Post by: rich1051414 on Fri, 26 January 2018, 16:53:33

There is always the option of throwing a couple packs of silica gel in the keyboard case before putting it back together, if you want to help inhibit future rust, assuming you live in a high humidity area where further rusting is inevitable.

Title: Re: Corrosion / oxidation / rust on Realforce metal plate
Post by: durainello on Fri, 26 January 2018, 20:19:28

I'm planning to apply a thin layer of corrosion X on it to prevent further damage, but unsure will it works.

Title: Re: Corrosion / oxidation / rust on Realforce metal plate
Post by: xondat on Fri, 26 January 2018, 20:28:30

I've had an older model that had a rusted plate, and when I asked around, others said it's a known problem.